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Small Cut To Open The Tear Drainage Opening

Idaho 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?

$155

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $155 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $151 from a physician practice, and about $525 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$151$105 to $191
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$525$204 to $955

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $525 · 10th to 90th $105 to $5,495Professionalmedian $151 · 10th to 90th $93 to $214
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $525professional $151

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
$1,412.54
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,079.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$223.87
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$758.58
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$208.93
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$177.83
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$245.47
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$213.80
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$954.99
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,445.44
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$218.78
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$758.58
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$181.97
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$8,317.64
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$199.53

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 17th of 51

$155

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.