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Surgical Eye Pressure Relief Procedure

Utah rates for HCPCS 65820

This eye surgery lowers pressure inside the eye by creating or improving a drainage pathway for the fluid inside it. It is generally used to treat glaucoma and is typically a planned, scheduled procedure rather than emergency treatment for a sudden pressure spike.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Surgical Eye Pressure Relief Procedure cost?

$4,813

Typical total for the visit. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,813 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $832 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,981 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$832$724 to $1,549
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,981$3,020 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $724 to $7,413Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $151 to $1,778
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,981professional $832

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,778.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,445.44
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$1,412.54
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$12,022.64
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,584.89
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,318.26
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,630.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$8,511.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,380.38

Where Utah sits

The same service costs 6.4 times more in Wyoming than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

Utah· 18th of 50

$4,813

$832 physician + $3,981 facility

WY $13,189MD $2,072

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.