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New Tear Drainage Passage Into The Nose

Texas 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?

$3,890

Typical facility fee. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,890 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,138 to $6,310.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $977 to $12,303
$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0K$20.0Kfacility $3,890

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
$3,715.35
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$2,818.38
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$9,549.93
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,995.26
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9,772.37
Median
$33,884.42
Typical High
$33,884.42
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,445.44
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$9,549.93

Where Texas 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.

Texas $3,890 · 32nd 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.