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New Tear Drainage Passage Into The Nose

Nevada 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?

$3,523

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,523 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $832 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,692 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$832$759 to $955
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,692$1,660 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $5,495Professionalmedian $832 · 10th to 90th $631 to $1,202
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,692professional $832

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
$1,000.00
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,202.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$5,754.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,202.26
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,202.26
Hometown Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$1,047.13
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,288.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,202.26
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
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$691.83

Where Nevada 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

Nevada· 26th of 51

$3,523

$832 physician + $2,692 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.