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Droopy Eyelid Repair Surgery (Ptosis)

Alabama rates for HCPCS 67904

Surgical correction of a drooping upper eyelid by tightening or repositioning the muscle that lifts the eyelid, performed through an incision on the outside of the eyelid. It's used to raise the eyelid to a more normal position and can help improve vision if the droop is blocking sight.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Droopy Eyelid Repair Surgery (Ptosis) cost?

$3,306

Typical total for the visit. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,306 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $851 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,455 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$851$646 to $1,175
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,455$1,514 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $3,890Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $550 to $1,413
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,455professional $851

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
$794.33
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$5,754.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,412.54
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,630.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$870.96

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 5.2 times more in California than in Michigan. 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

Alabama· 37th of 50

$3,306

$851 physician + $2,455 facility

CA $9,604MI $1,841

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.