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Placement Of A Medicated Insert In The Tear Duct

Vermont 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 July 2026.

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

$39.81

Typical physician fee. In Vermont, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $39.81 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $38.90 to $45.71.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $40 · 10th to 90th $33 to $50
$50$100professional $40

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$45.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$239.88
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$95.50

Where Vermont sits

The same service costs 22.9 times more in California than in Kentucky. 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.

Vermont· 43rd of 51

$39.81

CA $871KY $38.02

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.