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Removal Of An Implant From Inside The Eye

New Mexico rates for HCPCS 67121

Takes out material or a device implanted earlier inside the back chamber of the eye, such as a slow-release medicine implant or material left from previous surgery. The eye is opened through a small incision and the item is lifted out. It is done when the implant has moved, has finished its work, or is causing inflammation or infection.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Removal Of An Implant From Inside The Eye cost?

$3,559

Typical total for the visit. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,559 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,047 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,512 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$1,047$871 to $1,349
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,512$1,514 to $8,128

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $12,589Professionalmedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $708 to $1,549
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,512professional $1,047

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
$954.99
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,412.54
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$741.31
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$14,454.40
BCBS New Mexico
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,698.24
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$1,258.93
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,089.30
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,584.89

Where New Mexico sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Alaska than in Maryland. 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

New Mexico· 21st of 51

$3,559

$1,047 physician + $2,512 facility

AK $7,705MD $2,385

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.