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Laser Treatment To Improve Eye Fluid Drainage

South Dakota rates for HCPCS 65855

This is a laser procedure applied to the drainage tissue inside the eye to help fluid flow out more easily and lower pressure inside the eye. It is a common treatment for glaucoma, done in an office or outpatient setting without cutting into the eye.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Laser Treatment To Improve Eye Fluid Drainage cost?

$347

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $347 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $347 from a physician practice, and about $575 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$347$245 to $479
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$575$257 to $589

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $575 · 10th to 90th $191 to $3,090Professionalmedian $347 · 10th to 90th $178 to $589
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $575professional $347

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
$245.47
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$912.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$64.57
Avera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$724.44
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$831.76
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$3,715.35
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$588.84
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$537.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$660.69
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$630.96

Where South Dakota sits

The same service costs 2.6 times more in Alaska than in West Virginia. 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.

South Dakota· 24th of 51

$347

AK $676WV $257

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.