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Tear Duct Probing Under General Anesthesia

Louisiana 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?

$1,687

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,687 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $174 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,514 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$174$151 to $195
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$1,230 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $832 to $5,129Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $138 to $240
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,514professional $174

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
$446.68
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$223.87
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$5,128.61
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$218.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$354.81
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
$87.10
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$154.88

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 32nd of 51

$1,687

$174 physician + $1,514 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.