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Optic Nerve Sheath Decompression

Rhode Island 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 July 2026.

How much does Optic Nerve Sheath Decompression cost?

$1,413

Typical physician fee. In Rhode Island, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,413 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,148 to $1,479.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $3,020 to $9,550Professionalmedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $1,660
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,266professional $1,413

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
$3,019.95
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,412.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,862.09

Where Rhode Island sits

The same service costs 5.2 times more in Wyoming than in Vermont. 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.

Rhode Island· 49th of 51

$1,413

WY $7,244VT $1,380

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.