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Small Cut To Open The Tear Drainage Opening

Arkansas 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?

$120

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $120 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $112 from a physician practice, and about $513 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 4 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$112$91.20 to $126
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$513$269 to $1,072

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $513 · 10th to 90th $115 to $1,820Professionalmedian $112 · 10th to 90th $78 to $145
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $513professional $112

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
$112.20
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,862.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$138.04
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$371.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$208.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$199.53

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 37th of 51

$120

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.