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New Tear Drainage Passage Into The Nose

Illinois 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?

$4,266

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,266 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $955 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,311 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$955$832 to $1,202
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,311$2,291 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $8,511Professionalmedian $955 · 10th to 90th $741 to $1,413
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,311professional $955

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
$891.25
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,630.27
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$10,232.93
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,230.27
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,818.38
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,071.52
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$9,332.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,698.24
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
$398.11
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 17th of 51

$4,266

$955 physician + $3,311 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.