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Small Cut To Open The Tear Drainage Opening

Nebraska 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?

$174

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $174 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $162 from a physician practice, and about $3,548 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$162$97.72 to $214
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,548$1,549 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $174 to $13,490Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $87 to $575
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $3,548professional $162

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
$2,187.76
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,162.28
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$309.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$741.31
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$316.23
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$257.04

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 10th of 51

$174

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.