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Other Surgery On The Tear System Of The Eye

West Virginia rates for HCPCS 68899

Covers an operation on the eye's tear system, meaning the gland that makes tears and the small channels that drain them from the eye into the nose, when it has no standard named entry of its own. The surgeon submits a written report describing what was done.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Other Surgery On The Tear System Of The Eye cost?

$132

Typical facility fee. In West Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $132 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $100 to $457.

Few insurers publish rates for this combination, so treat this figure as a rough guide.

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

Facilitymedian $132 · 10th to 90th $35 to $891
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $132

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$891.25
1 more rate with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44

Where West Virginia sits

The same service costs 34.7 times more in Colorado than in Montana. 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.

West Virginia· 50th of 51

$132

CO $2,754MT $79.43

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.