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Freezing Treatment To Lower Eye Pressure

Montana rates for HCPCS 66720

A cold probe is applied to the outside of the eye, over the ring of tissue that produces the fluid inside the eye. Freezing part of that tissue reduces how much fluid it makes, which brings the pressure inside the eye down. It is used for glaucoma that drops, laser, or other surgery have failed to control.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Freezing Treatment To Lower Eye Pressure cost?

$1,354

Typical total for the visit. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,354 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $646 to the doctor who performs it, and $708 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$646$479 to $741
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$708$631 to $813

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $708 · 10th to 90th $603 to $1,738Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $389 to $776
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $708professional $646

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$5,011.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$741.31
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$870.96
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$870.96
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$5,011.87
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$831.76

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 3.7 times more in Colorado than in North Dakota. 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

Montana· 50th of 51

$1,354

$646 physician + $708 facility

CO $4,915ND $1,319

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.