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Chalazion Removal Under General Anesthesia

Rhode Island rates for HCPCS 67808

Removes a chalazion — a firm, usually painless lump in the eyelid caused by a blocked oil gland — with the patient fully asleep under general anesthesia or in a hospital setting. One lump or several can be dealt with in the same sitting. This version is used when the patient cannot cooperate with numbing alone, such as a young child, or when the situation needs hospital facilities.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Chalazion Removal Under General Anesthesia cost?

$2,342

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,342 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $437 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$437$372 to $575
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,905$1,175 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $871 to $5,888Professionalmedian $437 · 10th to 90th $347 to $661
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,905professional $437

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$645.65
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$114.82
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,888.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$575.44
3 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12

Where Rhode Island sits

The same service costs 4.5 times more in Colorado than in Montana. 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

Rhode Island· 21st of 51

$2,342

$437 physician + $1,905 facility

CO $4,914MT $1,099

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.