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Small Cut To Open The Tear Drainage Opening

Georgia 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?

$145

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $145 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $129 from a physician practice, and about $2,630 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 7 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$129$105 to $170
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,630$1,202 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $166 to $7,244Professionalmedian $129 · 10th to 90th $91 to $240
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,630professional $129

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
$117.49
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,168.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$245.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$251.19
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$346.74
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$223.87

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 22nd of 51

$145

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.