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Surgery To Drain Fluid From Behind The Eye

Alaska rates for HCPCS 67440

This surgery opens the bony eye socket, using a section of bone that is temporarily lifted and later replaced, to reach and drain an infection or fluid collection deep behind the eye. It is used when fluid needs to be drained from this space, rather than when a mass needs to be removed. Access is gained from the side of the socket.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Surgery To Drain Fluid From Behind The Eye cost?

$4,365

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,365 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5,012 from a physician practice, and about $2,344 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 6 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$5,012$3,548 to $7,244
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,344$1,698 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $12,023Professionalmedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $2,951 to $7,413
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,344professional $5,012

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$16,595.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$7,585.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$4,073.80
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$10,471.29
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$8,317.64
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,244.36
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$10,471.29
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,943.28
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$7,413.10

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 5.6 times more in California than in Rhode Island. 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.

Alaska· 3rd of 51

$4,365

CA $7,586RI $1,349

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.