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Small Cut To Open The Tear Drainage Opening

Utah 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?

$107

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $107 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $100 from a physician practice, and about $3,020 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 7 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$100$95.50 to $129
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,020$427 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,020 · 10th to 90th $100 to $4,571Professionalmedian $100 · 10th to 90th $81 to $209
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,020professional $100

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
$100.00
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,570.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$177.83
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$186.21
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$891.25
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$208.93
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$190.55
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$173.78

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 48th of 51

$107

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.