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New Tear Drainage Passage Into The Nose

Idaho 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?

$3,804

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,804 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,349 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,455 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,349$1,122 to $1,622
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,455$1,905 to $4,266

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $1,380 to $9,120Professionalmedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $776 to $1,738
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,455professional $1,349

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
$3,388.44
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$10,000.00
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,258.93
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$5,495.41
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,737.80
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,090.30
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,995.26
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$9,120.11
Typical High
$12,589.25
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$5,011.87
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,398.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,513.56
23 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
$602.56
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$15,135.61
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,019.95
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,819.70
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$199.53
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,258.93
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,398.83
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,412.54
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$275.42
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 21st of 51

$3,804

$1,349 physician + $2,455 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.