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Tear Duct Probing Under General Anesthesia

Missouri 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?

$3,023

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,023 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $204 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,818 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$204$151 to $245
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,818$1,479 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $7,079Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $132 to $1,072
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,818professional $204

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
$1,096.48
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$363.08
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,079.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$275.42
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$436.52
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$281.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$16,218.10
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$251.19
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
$69.18
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$16.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$112.20

Where Missouri 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

Missouri· 8th of 51

$3,023

$204 physician + $2,818 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.