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Tear Duct Clearing With Tube Placement

Georgia rates for HCPCS 68815

A thin probe is passed through the tear drainage duct, the passage that carries tears from the eye down into the nose, to clear a blockage, and a small tube or stent is left in place afterward to keep the duct open while it heals. It is used to treat blocked or narrowed tear ducts.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Tear Duct Clearing With Tube Placement cost?

$3,340

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,340 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $389 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,951 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$389$275 to $525
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,951$1,202 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $575 to $7,079Professionalmedian $389 · 10th to 90th $219 to $708
$100.0$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0Kfacility $2,951professional $389

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,073.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$1,778.28
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$5,888.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$549.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$851.14
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,202.26
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$776.25

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 11.1 times more in Indiana than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeGeorgia $3,340 · 24th of 51
IN $6,962MD $626

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.