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Small Cut To Open The Tear Drainage Opening

Missouri 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?

$204

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $204 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $120 from a physician practice, and about $1,698 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$120$107 to $151
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,698$851 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $214 to $5,248Professionalmedian $120 · 10th to 90th $95 to $603
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,698professional $120

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
$120.23
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$6,309.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$1,621.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$602.56
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,981.07
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$165.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$251.19
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$407.38
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$954.99
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$194.98

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 6th of 51

$204

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.