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Tear Duct Probing Under General Anesthesia

Oregon 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?

$515

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $515 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $245 to the doctor who performs it, and $269 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$245$200 to $316
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$269$257 to $1,820

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $269 · 10th to 90th $209 to $5,754Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $145 to $398
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $269professional $245

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
$3,890.45
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$223.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$380.19
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$295.12
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$8,709.64
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$426.58
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$316.23
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,754.23
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$398.11
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$9,332.54
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$457.09
13 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
$102.33
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$8,709.64
Median
$12,302.69
Typical High
$13,803.84

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 50th of 51

$515

$245 physician + $269 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.