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Tear Duct Probing Under General Anesthesia

Georgia rates for HCPCS 68811

Passes a fine probe through the tear drainage channel from the corner of the eye into the nose to open a blockage, and flushes the channel with fluid. It is the version done with the patient fully asleep under general anesthesia, which is usual for young children. It is done for a blocked tear duct causing constant watering or repeated sticky eyes.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Tear Duct Probing Under General Anesthesia cost?

$1,527

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,527 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $209 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,318 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$209$174 to $263
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,318$851 to $2,138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $550 to $5,012Professionalmedian $209 · 10th to 90th $138 to $339
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,318professional $209

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
$281.84
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$676.08
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$4,570.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$295.12
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$354.81
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$363.08
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$204.17
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$363.08
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
$75.86
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$16.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$120.23

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 11.0 times more in Colorado than in Montana. 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

Georgia· 40th of 51

$1,527

$209 physician + $1,318 facility

CO $4,556MT $413

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.