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Small Cut To Open The Tear Drainage Opening

Massachusetts 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?

$141

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $141 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $129 from a physician practice, and about $1,000 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 9 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$110 to $224
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,000$120 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $105 to $3,388Professionalmedian $129 · 10th to 90th $100 to $288
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,000professional $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
$104.71
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$257.04
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,818.38
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$354.81
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$275.42
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$288.40
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$316.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$363.08
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$3,630.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$186.21
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,467.37
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$295.12
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$257.04
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$2,818.38
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$354.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,754.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$309.03

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 24th of 51

$141

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.