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Small Cut To Open The Tear Drainage Opening

Montana 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?

$102

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $102 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $95.50 from a physician practice, and about $174 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$95.50$83.18 to $158
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$174$170 to $182

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $174 · 10th to 90th $166 to $200Professionalmedian $95 · 10th to 90th $78 to $182
$100$200$500facility $174professional $95

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$165.96
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$199.53
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$199.53
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$229.09
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$208.93

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 51st of 51

$102

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.