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Placement Of A Medicated Insert In The Tear Duct

Montana rates for HCPCS 68841

A small device containing medication is inserted into the tear duct opening near the inner corner of the eye, where it slowly releases medication over time, sometimes after gently widening the duct opening to allow it to fit. This offers a way to deliver medication to the eye gradually without the patient needing to use eye drops repeatedly.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Placement Of A Medicated Insert In The Tear Duct cost?

$108

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $108 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $50.12 to the doctor who performs it, and $57.54 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$50.12$42.66 to $60.26
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$57.54$47.86 to $67.61

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $58 · 10th to 90th $47 to $81Professionalmedian $50 · 10th to 90th $33 to $71
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $58professional $50

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$60.26
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$72.44
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$70.79
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$50.12
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$74.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$70.79

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 33.0 times more in Connecticut 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

Montana· 50th of 51

$108

$50.12 physician + $57.54 facility

CT $3,439ND $104

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.