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Clearing of a Blocked Tear Duct Opening

Delaware rates for HCPCS 68840

This procedure passes a thin probe through the small drainage channel near the inner corner of the eye that carries tears into the nose, sometimes followed by flushing with fluid. It is used to clear a blockage that is causing excess tearing or recurrent eye discharge.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Clearing of a Blocked Tear Duct Opening cost?

$132

Typical negotiated rate. In Delaware, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $132 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $132 from a physician practice, and about $3,236 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$132$123 to $151
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,236$501 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,236 · 10th to 90th $59 to $7,244Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $112 to $224
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,236professional $132

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$204.17
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$173.78

Where Delaware sits

The same service costs 4.7 times more in Wyoming than in Hawaii. 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.

Delaware· 49th of 51

$132

WY $589HI $126

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.