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Small Cut To Open The Tear Drainage Opening

Florida 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?

$110

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $110 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $102 from a physician practice, and about $2,818 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 8 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$102$83.18 to $123
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,818$1,318 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $550 to $10,715Professionalmedian $102 · 10th to 90th $78 to $182
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,818professional $102

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
$549.54
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$190.55
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$12,302.69
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$239.88
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,365.16
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$131.83
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$114.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$186.21
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$109.65

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 44th of 51

$110

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.