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Small Cut To Open The Tear Drainage Opening

Indiana 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?

$148

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $148 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $107 from a physician practice, and about $3,802 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$107$97.72 to $138
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,802$2,344 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $170 to $8,318Professionalmedian $107 · 10th to 90th $91 to $214
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,802professional $107

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
$147.91
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$5,623.41
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$8,317.64
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$257.04
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$389.05
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$186.21

Where Indiana 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.

Indiana· 20th of 51

$148

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.