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Heat Treatment Of The Fluid-Making Tissue Of The Eye

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 66700

Uses heat applied through the wall of the eye to destroy part of the ciliary body, the ring of tissue that produces the fluid filling the front of the eye. Making less fluid brings down the pressure inside the eye.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Heat Treatment Of The Fluid-Making Tissue Of The Eye cost?

$468

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $468 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $437 from a physician practice, and about $1,023 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 6 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$437$398 to $589
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,023$490 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $398 to $7,244Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $372 to $1,288
$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0K$20.0Kfacility $1,023professional $437

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
$436.52
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$933.25
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$954.99
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$758.58
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$870.96
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$28,840.32
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,715.35

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 7.4 times more in California than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

North Carolina $468 · 48th of 51
CA $3,311WV $447

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.