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New Tear Drainage Passage Into The Nose

Maryland 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?

$832

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $832 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $759 to $1,148.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,820 · 10th to 90th $646 to $3,467Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $589 to $1,047
$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,820professional $776

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,047.13
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$933.25
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,479.11
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,148.15
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
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$724.44

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 8.5 times more in Wyoming than in Utah. 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.

Maryland· 40th of 51

$832

WY $3,802UT $447

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.