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New Tear Drainage Passage Into The Nose

Iowa 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 July 2026.

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

$4,786

Typical facility fee. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,786 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,738 to $7,079.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $1,413 to $10,965Professionalmedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $724 to $2,291
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0K$20.0Kfacility $5,248professional $1,259

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
$1,412.54
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$10,964.78
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,187.76
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$9,772.37
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$10,471.29

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 11.7 times more in Indiana than in North Dakota. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Iowa $4,786 · 20th of 51
IN $10,233ND $871

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.