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Opening The Eye's Drainage Canal With A Catheter

West Virginia rates for HCPCS 66175

A very fine catheter is threaded around the eye's natural drainage canal and used to stretch it open along its length, so fluid can leave the eye more freely and the pressure inside falls. It is used for glaucoma, where raised pressure can damage the optic nerve and sight.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Opening The Eye's Drainage Canal With A Catheter cost?

$3,702

Typical total for the visit. In West Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,702 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,072 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,630 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,072$851 to $1,738
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,630$1,698 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $10,715Professionalmedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $759 to $3,020
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,630professional $1,072

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,630.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$933.25
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$10,715.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$3,019.95

Where West Virginia sits

The same service costs 4.6 times more in Alaska than in Montana. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

West Virginia· 46th of 51

$3,702

$1,072 physician + $2,630 facility

AK $10,297MT $2,244

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.