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Small Cut To Open The Tear Drainage Opening

Oregon 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 Oregon, 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 $204 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 8 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$112 to $224
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$204$170 to $263

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $204 · 10th to 90th $120 to $5,012Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $87 to $282
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $204professional $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
$239.88
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$281.84
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$257.04
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$245.47
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$269.15
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$208.93
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$263.03
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$275.42
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,230.27
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,862.09
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$281.84

Where Oregon 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.

Oregon· 8th 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.