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Surgical Eye Pressure Relief Procedure

Vermont 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?

$832

Typical physician fee. In Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $832 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $759 to $832.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $631 to $1,202
$500$1K$2Kprofessional $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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$831.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$3,019.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,445.44
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,019.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$3,388.44

Where Vermont sits

The same service costs 5.8 times more in Wyoming than in Rhode Island. 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.

Vermont· 50th of 51

$832

WY $4,677RI $813

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.