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Small Cut To Open The Tear Drainage Opening

Kansas 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?

$151

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $151 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $115 from a physician practice, and about $2,512 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$115$102 to $186
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,512$407 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $151 to $7,586Professionalmedian $115 · 10th to 90th $95 to $195
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,512professional $115

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
$158.49
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$8,128.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$194.98
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$199.53
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$1,096.48
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$173.78

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 18th of 51

$151

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.