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Tear Duct Clearing With Tube Placement

Vermont 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 October 2026.

How much does Tear Duct Clearing With Tube Placement cost?

$2,509

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,509 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $468 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,042 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$468$316 to $646
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,042$1,698 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $407 to $2,512Professionalmedian $468 · 10th to 90th $295 to $891
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $2,042professional $468

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$512.86
BCBS Vermont
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$2,511.89
BCBS Vermont
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$645.65
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$851.14

Where Vermont sits

The same service costs 5.2 times more in Colorado than in North Dakota. 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

Vermont· 17th of 51

$2,509

$468 physician + $2,042 facility

CO $4,737ND $911

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.