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New Tear Drainage Channel From Eye to Nose

Indiana rates for HCPCS 68745

Surgery that creates a new passage from the surface of the eye through into the nose, so that tears can drain when the natural drainage route is blocked, damaged, or absent. It is used for constant watering of the eye that has not improved with simpler treatment.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does New Tear Drainage Channel From Eye to Nose cost?

$1,288

Typical negotiated rate. In Indiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,288 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $813 from a physician practice, and about $10,233 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$813$759 to $912
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10,233$6,310 to $15,136

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,233 · 10th to 90th $1,862 to $17,783Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $676 to $1,148
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $10,233professional $813

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
$1,148.15
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,023.29
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$18,620.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,174.90
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,412.54

Where Indiana sits

The same service costs 6.5 times more in California than in West Virginia. 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.

Indiana· 23rd of 51

$1,288

CA $5,623WV $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.