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Complete Removal of a Tear Gland

Mississippi rates for HCPCS 68500

Removes the whole tear-producing gland that sits under the bone at the outer top corner of the eye socket. It is done for disease of the gland itself, such as long-standing inflammation or infection, rather than for a growth in the gland; taking out a growth, harmless or cancerous, is a different operation. The gland is taken out entirely rather than in part.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Complete Removal of a Tear Gland cost?

$1,288

Typical negotiated rate. In Mississippi, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,288 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,148 from a physician practice, and about $1,778 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 5 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$1,148$1,023 to $2,455
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,778$1,000 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $759 to $6,457Professionalmedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $891 to $2,570
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,778professional $1,148

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
$707.95
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$4,677.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,862.09
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,762.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,041.74

Where Mississippi sits

The same service costs 5.4 times more in Wyoming than in Vermont. 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.

Mississippi· 40th of 51

$1,288

WY $6,026VT $1,122

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.