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New Tear Drainage Passage Into The Nose

Washington 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?

$2,188

Typical facility fee. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,188 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,585 to $11,482.

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 $2,188 · 10th to 90th $1,047 to $16,218
$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0K$20.0Kfacility $2,188

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
$1,479.11
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$17,782.79
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$21,379.62
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$10,964.78
Median
$17,782.79
Typical High
$31,622.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$3,801.89
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$4,570.88
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$9,549.93
Median
$15,488.17
Typical High
$27,542.29
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,621.81
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,096.48
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$20,892.96
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$10,964.78
Median
$16,982.44
Typical High
$31,622.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$21,877.62

Where Washington 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.

Washington $2,188 · 43rd 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.