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Surgical Eye Pressure Relief Procedure

Virginia 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?

$3,630

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,630 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,000 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,630 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,000$776 to $1,318
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,630$1,072 to $5,888

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $794 to $9,333Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $631 to $3,236
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,630professional $1,000

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
$812.83
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,071.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$158.49
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$9,332.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,621.81
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,495.41
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,479.11
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,023.29
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,479.11
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$8,709.64
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$13,489.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,412.54

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 32nd of 50

$3,630

$1,000 physician + $2,630 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.