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Small Cut To Open The Tear Drainage Opening

Minnesota 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?

$219

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $219 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $214 from a physician practice, and about $437 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 6 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$214$151 to $288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$437$282 to $832

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $437 · 10th to 90th $112 to $1,148Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $100 to $380
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $437professional $214

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
$107.15
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,137.96
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$3,162.28
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$363.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$1,047.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$478.63
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$831.76
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$426.58
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$316.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$3,467.37
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$741.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$380.19

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 4th of 51

$219

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.