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Complete Removal of a Tear Gland

Texas 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?

$1,514

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,514 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,148 from a physician practice, and about $3,548 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 10 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$1,072 to $1,549
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,548$1,820 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $12,023Professionalmedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $891 to $1,862
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20K$50Kfacility $3,548professional $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
$977.24
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,819.70
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$9,549.93
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,621.81
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$933.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,862.09
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$45,708.82
Typical High
$45,708.82
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,585.78
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$8,709.64
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,778.28
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,698.24
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$2,691.53
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,862.09
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$9,549.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,479.11
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,230.27

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 26th of 51

$1,514

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.