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Surgery To Drain Fluid From Behind The Eye

New Mexico 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 October 2026.

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

$1,738

Typical negotiated rate. In New Mexico, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,738 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,585 from a physician practice, and about $2,570 from a hospital or other facility.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,585$1,288 to $1,995
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,570$1,622 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $7,762Professionalmedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $912 to $2,188
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,570professional $1,585

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,238.72
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$1,862.09
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$4,466.84
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,187.76

Where New Mexico sits

The same service costs 7.1 times more in Alaska than in Utah. 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.

New Mexico· 26th of 51

$1,738

AK $5,370UT $759

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.