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Small Cut To Open The Tear Drainage Opening

Alaska rates for HCPCS 68440

This is a minor procedure that makes a small snip in the tiny opening at the inner corner of the eyelid where tears normally drain. It is done to widen a narrowed drainage opening and relieve excess tearing.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Small Cut To Open The Tear Drainage Opening cost?

$302

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $302 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $302 from a physician practice, and about $166 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$302$200 to $437
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$166$141 to $562

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $166 · 10th to 90th $126 to $5,888Professionalmedian $302 · 10th to 90th $95 to $562
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $166professional $302

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
$302.00
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$323.59
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$758.58
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$436.52
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$549.54
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$758.58
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$467.74

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Wyoming 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.

Alaska· 2nd of 51

$302

WY $309MT $102

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.