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Heat Treatment Of The Fluid-Making Tissue Of The Eye

Virginia 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?

$537

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $537 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $490 from a physician practice, and about $2,512 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 8 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$490$389 to $603
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,512$513 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $389 to $7,079Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $339 to $2,754
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,512professional $490

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
$389.05
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$3,019.95
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$4,466.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$758.58
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$776.25
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$645.65
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$676.08
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$794.33
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$4,073.80
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$776.25

Where Virginia sits

The same service costs 7.4 times more in California 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.

Virginia· 32nd of 51

$537

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.