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Small Cut To Open The Tear Drainage Opening

New Hampshire 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?

$170

Typical negotiated rate. In New Hampshire, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $170 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $158 from a physician practice, and about $1,413 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$158$110 to $224
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,413$355 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $316 to $8,913Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $100 to $282
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,413professional $158

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
$316.23
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$251.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,630.27
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$223.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$302.00
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$7,413.10
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$323.59
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82

Where New Hampshire 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.

New Hampshire· 12th of 51

$170

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.