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Small Cut To Open The Tear Drainage Opening

Arizona 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?

$115

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $115 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $105 from a physician practice, and about $2,399 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 5 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$105$93.33 to $126
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,399$1,413 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,399 · 10th to 90th $269 to $5,623Professionalmedian $105 · 10th to 90th $78 to $162
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,399professional $105

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
$1,445.44
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$151.36
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,570.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$223.87
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$1,905.46
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,137.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$151.36

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 39th of 51

$115

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.