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Repair Of A Torn Tear Drainage Channel

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 68700

Repairs a torn or narrowed canaliculus, the fine channel in the eyelid that carries tears from the corner of the eye toward the nose. The cut ends are located under magnification and joined, and a soft tube is often left inside the channel to hold it open while it heals. It is done to prevent an eye that waters constantly after an eyelid injury.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Repair Of A Torn Tear Drainage Channel cost?

$2,870

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,870 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $631 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,239 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$631$562 to $1,023
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,239$813 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $575 to $8,318Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $525 to $1,905
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,239professional $631

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
$812.83
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,258.93
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,348.96
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,258.93
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$28,840.32
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,370.32
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$5,370.32

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 5.6 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

North Carolina· 38th of 50

$2,870

$631 physician + $2,239 facility

IN $7,253WV $1,306

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.