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Small Cut To Open The Tear Drainage Opening

Nevada 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?

$115

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $115 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $112 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$112$102 to $126
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,698$107 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $102 to $4,365Professionalmedian $112 · 10th to 90th $87 to $191
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,698professional $112

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
$102.33
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$162.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,466.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$186.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$251.19
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$186.21
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$158.49
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$218.78

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 41st of 51

$115

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.