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Cutting Scar Bands in the Front of the Eye

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 65870

Fine scar-tissue bands that have stuck the colored part of the eye to the clear dome in front of it are divided with an instrument through a small opening in the eye. Such bands form after inflammation, injury, or earlier surgery, and they pull the pupil out of shape and can affect vision and eye pressure. Air or fluid may be put in to hold the space open while the bands are released.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Cutting Scar Bands in the Front of the Eye cost?

$3,388

Typical facility fee. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,388 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,512 to $4,677.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $692 to $5,623
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,388

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
$1,949.84
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,248.07
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$11,220.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,584.89
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$4,897.79
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$9,772.37
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$11,220.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$8,709.64

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 15.1 times more in South Carolina 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.

Massachusetts· 29th of 50

$3,388

SC $8,913WV $589

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.