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Glaucoma Drainage Opening In The Eye Wall

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 66165

A glaucoma operation that creates a new drainage channel through the white of the eye so trapped fluid can escape and the pressure inside the eye comes down. Lowering the pressure protects the nerve at the back of the eye from further damage.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Glaucoma Drainage Opening In The Eye Wall cost?

$1,950

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,950 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,820 from a physician practice, and about $2,455 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 3 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$1,820$1,549 to $2,344
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,455$1,950 to $5,370

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $1,820 to $5,370Professionalmedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $2,884
$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,455professional $1,820

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
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$6,760.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,235.94
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$5,370.32
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,754.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,698.24
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,265.80

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 30.2 times more in California than in Illinois. 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.

Minnesota· 14th of 33

$1,950

CA $10,471IL $347

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.