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New Tear Drainage Passage Into The Nose

Massachusetts 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?

$3,388

Typical facility fee. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,388 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,512 to $5,012.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $933 to $6,457
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $3,388

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
$1,949.84
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,248.07
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$6,456.54
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$11,220.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$4,897.79
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$11,220.18
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$4,677.35
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$11,220.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$11,220.18

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts $3,388 · 36th 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.