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Procedure price report · Diagnostic procedures on eye

Draining fluid from the front chamber of the eye

CPT 65800the billing code this page is about

A needle puncture of the front chamber of the eye to withdraw aqueous fluid, done as a stand-alone procedure.

Hospitals typically charge $2,081 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 713 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,012. Most fall between $433 and $3,786 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
713
States
46
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 713 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$217$772$2,081$3,153$5,380

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 25× what the cheapest tenth charges ($217 vs $5,380).

How the prices are spread

$185 – $265: 65 hospitals$185$265 – $380: 34 hospitals$380 – $546: 23 hospitals$380$546 – $783: 27 hospitals$783 – $1,123: 34 hospitals$783$1,123 – $1,611: 67 hospitals$1,611 – $2,310: 114 hospitals$1,611$2,310 – $3,314: 154 hospitals$3,314 – $4,754: 62 hospitals$3,314$4,754 – $6,819: 63 hospitals$4,754median $2,081price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (643 of 713 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$185$26565
$265$38034
$380$54623
$546$78327
$783$1,12334
$1,123$1,61167
$1,611$2,310114
$2,310$3,314154
$3,314$4,75462
$4,754$6,81963

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$2,358
Median cash price$2,081
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.88×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $2,081.

Alaska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $3,209 across 21 hospitalsWA$3,209Idaho: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $2,379 across 13 hospitalsMN$2,379Illinois: median $2,360 across 32 hospitalsIL$2,360Wisconsin: median $772 across 47 hospitalsWI$772Michigan: median $1,399 across 31 hospitalsMI$1,399New York: median $2,699 across 47 hospitalsNY$2,699Massachusetts: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $4,535 across 21 hospitalsOR$4,535Nevada: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $298 across 19 hospitalsIA$298Indiana: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $2,416 across 23 hospitalsOH$2,416Pennsylvania: median $2,653 across 24 hospitalsPA$2,653New Jersey: median $3,786 across 23 hospitalsNJ$3,786Connecticut: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $2,524 across 82 hospitalsCA$2,524Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $1,123 across 12 hospitalsMO$1,123Kentucky: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $2,653 across 10 hospitalsWV$2,653Virginia: median $1,220 across 19 hospitalsVA$1,220Maryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $1,401 across 11 hospitalsTN$1,401North Carolina: median $1,779 across 19 hospitalsNC$1,779South Carolina: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $146 across 17 hospitalsOK$146Louisiana: median $1,334 across 19 hospitalsLA$1,334Mississippi: median $1,681 across 24 hospitalsMS$1,681Alabama: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $1,758 across 19 hospitalsGA$1,758Hawaii: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $1,824 across 56 hospitalsTX$1,824Florida: median $2,289 across 19 hospitalsFL$2,289
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,081. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Oregon OR21$4,535+118%$217 – $6,040
New Jersey NJ23$3,786+82%$2,524 – $5,419
Washington WA21$3,209+54%$1,044 – $5,166
New York NY47$2,699+30%$326 – $5,390
Pennsylvania PA24$2,653+27%$250 – $4,476
West Virginia WV10$2,653+27%$245 – $2,835
California CA82$2,524+21%$1,884 – $3,209
Ohio OH23$2,416+16%$432 – $4,564
Minnesota MN13$2,379+14%$1,904 – $2,379
Illinois IL32$2,360+13%$259 – $5,380
Florida FL19$2,289+10%$1,297 – $5,210
Texas TX56$1,824−12%$488 – $2,416
North Carolina NC19$1,779−15%$1,216 – $4,630
Georgia GA19$1,758−16%$1,727 – $3,920
Mississippi MS24$1,681−19%$226 – $2,942
Tennessee TN11$1,401−33%$162 – $1,681
Michigan MI31$1,399−33%$1,049 – $7,609
Louisiana LA19$1,334−36%$800 – $2,358
Virginia VA19$1,220−41%$831 – $1,381
Missouri MO12$1,123−46%$406 – $2,081
Wisconsin WI47$772−63%$326 – $1,205
Iowa IA19$298−86%$293 – $2,721
Oklahoma OK17$146−93%$146 – $1,095
Colorado CO9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $2,081.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care601$2,280$693 – $3,920
Children’s14fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access97$984$215 – $2,942
Ownership
For-profit51$1,824$309 – $3,927
Government101$1,779$433 – $2,835
Non-profit560$2,251$494 – $3,920
System affiliation
Part of a system622$2,099$545 – $3,832
Independent91$1,907$265 – $3,329

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,362
Median cash price$2,081
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

541 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,907 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,964; most fall between $459 and $3,643.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 541 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$212$772$1,907$3,000$5,210

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 25× what the cheapest tenth charges ($212 vs $5,210).

Of the 583 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 541 gave a usable cash price; 30 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 12 a list price only.

How complete is this

713 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (18%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 787 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted713
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here60
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded12
Hospitals that filed this code787

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Diagnostic procedures on eye family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Paracentsis Ant Chamb Eye Aspir Aqueous Spx.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Draining fluid from the front chamber of the eye (CPT 65800) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-65800-draining-fluid-from-the-front-chamber-of-the-eye