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Tear Duct Probing Under General Anesthesia

Oklahoma 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?

$2,613

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,613 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $158 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,455 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$158$138 to $182
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,455$1,000 to $3,890

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $398 to $5,754Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $126 to $1,072
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,455professional $158

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
$1,000.00
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,365.16
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$295.12
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$6,025.60
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$218.78
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
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$102.33

Where Oklahoma 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

Oklahoma· 13th of 51

$2,613

$158 physician + $2,455 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.