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New Tear Drainage Passage Into The Nose

Minnesota 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?

$3,752

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,752 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,514 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,239 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,514$1,202 to $2,239
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,239$1,479 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $871 to $7,943Professionalmedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $871 to $3,090
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,239professional $1,514

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
$870.96
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,096.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$14,454.40
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,691.53
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,137.96
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,981.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,388.44
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,311.31
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$3,235.94
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$7,762.47
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,754.23
12 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$95.50
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$14,125.38
Typical High
$25,118.86
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,981.07
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$512.86
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,621.81

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 22nd of 51

$3,752

$1,514 physician + $2,239 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.