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Incision and Drainage of Conjunctival Cyst

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 68020

This procedure treats a fluid-filled cyst on the conjunctiva, the clear tissue covering the white of the eye and lining the inner eyelid, by making a small opening to drain it. It is typically a quick in-office procedure done with local numbing of the eye. It relieves irritation or a visible bump caused by the cyst.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Incision and Drainage of Conjunctival Cyst cost?

$191

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $191 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $158 from a physician practice, and about $1,585 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$158$123 to $191
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,585$933 to $3,236

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $282 to $4,169Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $110 to $209
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,585professional $158

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
$165.96
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,890.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$208.93
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,248.07
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$173.78
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$213.80

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 3.4 times more in California than in Hawaii. 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.

Louisiana· 12th of 51

$191

CA $398HI $117

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.