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Freezing Treatment To Lower Eye Pressure

South Dakota 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 July 2026.

How much does Freezing Treatment To Lower Eye Pressure cost?

$1,358

Typical total for the visit. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,358 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $741 to the doctor who performs it, and $617 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$741$501 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$617$468 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $617 · 10th to 90th $363 to $4,365Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $417 to $1,122
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $617professional $741

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
$407.38
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,380.38
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,174.90
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$3,090.30
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,122.02
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,258.93
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,202.26

Where South Dakota sits

The same service costs 7.9 times more in Indiana 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

South Dakota· 46th of 50

$1,358

$741 physician + $617 facility

IN $7,218WV $914

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.