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Drainage of Fluid From the Back of the Eye

Oregon rates for HCPCS 67015

Fluid is drawn off from behind the retina, from beneath the layer of blood vessels under it, or from the jelly-filled cavity, through a small opening made in the white of the eye a short distance behind the colored part. It is used to relieve a build-up of fluid or pressure that is threatening sight.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Drainage of Fluid From the Back of the Eye cost?

$2,148

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,148 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,000 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,148 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,000$832 to $1,202
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,148$933 to $1,820

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $692 to $5,012Professionalmedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $457 to $1,698
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,148professional $1,000

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,698.24
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,318.26
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$7,943.28
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,548.82
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,202.26
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$3,235.94
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,698.24
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$9,332.54
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,949.84
13 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$9,120.11
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$13,803.84

Where Oregon sits

The same service costs 3.3 times more in Alaska than in Hawaii. 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

Oregon· 40th of 51

$2,148

$1,000 physician + $1,148 facility

AK $5,766HI $1,731

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.