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Glaucoma Drainage Opening Made With Heat

Colorado rates for HCPCS 66155

Lowers pressure inside the eye by creating a small drainage channel through the white of the eye using heat, and removing a small piece of the colored iris at the same time. Fluid trapped inside the eye can then escape, easing pressure on the optic nerve.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Glaucoma Drainage Opening Made With Heat cost?

$2,818

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,818 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,047 from a physician practice, and about $7,244 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 7 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$1,047$851 to $1,288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,244$4,786 to $12,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,244 · 10th to 90th $1,995 to $18,197Professionalmedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $676 to $1,778
$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0K$20.0Kfacility $7,244professional $1,047

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
$2,089.30
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,698.24
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$19,498.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,659.59
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,548.82
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$3,388.44
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,659.59
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,862.09

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 6.9 times more in California than in Delaware. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Colorado $2,818 · 5th of 51
CA $6,457DE $933

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.