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New Tear Drainage Passage Into The Nose

Montana 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?

$2,405

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,405 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,202 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,202 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$1,202$832 to $1,259
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,202$1,202 to $1,479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $2,884Professionalmedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $661 to $1,288
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,202professional $1,202

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
$660.69
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$977.24
BCBS Montana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$3,981.07
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,943.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,380.38
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,288.25
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,943.28
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,479.11

Where Montana 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

Montana· 51st of 51

$2,405

$1,202 physician + $1,202 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.