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New Tear Drainage Passage Into The Nose

Alaska rates for HCPCS 68720

Creates a new channel from the tear sac at the inner corner of the eye directly into the nose, bypassing a blocked tear duct. A small opening is made in the bone between the sac and the nasal cavity and the linings are joined so tears drain again. It is done for a duct that is blocked below the sac and cannot be opened by probing.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does New Tear Drainage Passage Into The Nose cost?

$7,703

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,703 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,236 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,467 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$3,236$1,738 to $3,236
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,467$3,548 to $8,128

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $2,570 to $12,023Professionalmedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $813 to $5,012
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,467professional $3,236

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$16,982.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$16,595.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$13,803.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$2,570.40
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$6,309.57
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,011.87
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$5,011.87
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,235.94
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$13,803.84
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$2,570.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$6,456.54

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.6 times more in Vermont 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alaska· 3rd of 51

$7,703

$3,236 physician + $4,467 facility

VT $8,561MT $2,405

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.