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New Tear Drainage Passage Into The Nose

South Carolina 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 July 2026.

How much does New Tear Drainage Passage Into The Nose cost?

$9,772

Typical facility fee. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,772 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,692 to $12,303.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,772 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $20,417
$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0K$20.0Kfacility $9,772

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$21,877.62
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$11,481.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,570.40
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$12,589.25
Typical High
$22,387.21

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 11.7 times more in Indiana than in North Dakota. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

South Carolina $9,772 · 2nd of 51
IN $10,233ND $871

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.