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Surgery To Drain Fluid From Behind The Eye

Minnesota 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?

$3,162

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,162 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2,951 from a physician practice, and about $5,623 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$2,951$2,239 to $3,890
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$5,623$3,802 to $10,471

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,623 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $13,490Professionalmedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $1,622 to $5,129
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,623professional $2,951

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
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,630.27
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$26,915.35
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,786.30
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$13,182.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$6,165.95
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$10,471.29
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,370.32
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$6,918.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,786.30

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 7th of 51

$3,162

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.