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Closure Of A Tear-Duct Fistula

New Jersey rates for HCPCS 68770

Surgery to close an abnormal opening that lets tears leak out through the skin near the inner corner of the eye instead of draining down the tear duct into the nose. The surgeon removes or seals the tract and closes the tissue so tears drain the normal way again.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Closure Of A Tear-Duct Fistula cost?

$603

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $603 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $562 from a physician practice, and about $2,089 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$562$501 to $692
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,089$1,318 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $741 to $7,943Professionalmedian $562 · 10th to 90th $447 to $851
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,089professional $562

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$11,748.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$676.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$954.99
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$8,912.51
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$758.58
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$457.09

Where New Jersey sits

The same service costs 7.6 times more in Alaska than in Utah. 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.

New Jersey· 42nd of 51

$603

AK $2,512UT $331

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.