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New Tear Drainage Passage With A Tube

Vermont rates for HCPCS 68750

Creates a new channel running from the surface of the eye through into the inside of the nose and sets a small tube into it, so tears can drain when the natural passage is blocked or missing. The tube stays in place to keep the new channel open.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does New Tear Drainage Passage With A Tube cost?

$3,336

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,336 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,148 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,188 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,148$912 to $1,514
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,188$2,188 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $575 to $3,890Professionalmedian $1,148 · 10th to 90th $794 to $1,698
$500$1K$2Kfacility $2,188professional $1,148

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS Vermont
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,513.56
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,862.09

Where Vermont sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Wisconsin than in Kansas. 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

Vermont· 30th of 51

$3,336

$1,148 physician + $2,188 facility

WI $8,153KS $2,509

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.