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New Tear Drainage Passage Into The Nose

Oregon 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?

$2,898

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,898 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,349 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,549 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,349$1,072 to $1,622
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,549$1,318 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $955 to $8,913Professionalmedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $589 to $2,239
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,549professional $1,349

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
$5,128.61
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$18,620.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,290.87
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,778.28
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$18,620.87
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,089.30
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,621.81
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,466.84
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,238.72
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9,332.54
Median
$13,182.57
Typical High
$15,135.61
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$25,118.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,630.27
13 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
$512.86
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$13,803.84
Median
$19,952.62
Typical High
$22,387.21

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 42nd of 51

$2,898

$1,349 physician + $1,549 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.