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New Tear Drainage Passage Into The Nose

Florida 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?

$2,947

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,947 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $603 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,344 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$603$447 to $741
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,344$1,514 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,344 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $12,023Professionalmedian $603 · 10th to 90th $98 to $955
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $2,344professional $603

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$12,022.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$954.99
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$9,772.37
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,174.90
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$16,982.44
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$812.83
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,148.15
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$616.60

Where Florida 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

Florida· 39th of 51

$2,947

$603 physician + $2,344 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.