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Optic Nerve Sheath Decompression

Montana rates for HCPCS 67570

This surgery relieves pressure around the optic nerve by making a small opening or slit in the membrane that surrounds it. It is used to protect vision when fluid pressure inside the skull is pushing on the nerve and threatening eyesight.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Optic Nerve Sheath Decompression cost?

$3,811

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,811 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,905 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,905 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,905$1,445 to $1,995
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,905$1,905 to $2,188

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $1,778 to $2,818Professionalmedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $79 to $2,188
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,905professional $1,905

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,943.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,187.76
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,041.74
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,943.28
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,398.83

Where Montana sits

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

Montana· 35th of 51

$3,811

$1,905 physician + $1,905 facility

AK $9,915DE $3,002

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.