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Procedure price report · Other therapeutic procedures on eyelids, conjunctiva, cornea

Sealing a tear duct opening with heat or laser

CPT 68760the billing code this page is about

Permanent closure of the small tear drainage opening in the eyelid using cautery, laser, or a suture, usually to treat dry eye.

Hospitals typically charge $433 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 440 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $478. Most fall between $238 and $889 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
440
States
47
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 440 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
$170$300$433$728$1,280

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.5× what the cheapest tenth charges ($170 vs $1,280).

How the prices are spread

$132 – $169: 22 hospitals$132$169 – $216: 23 hospitals$216 – $277: 35 hospitals$216$277 – $356: 69 hospitals$356 – $456: 61 hospitals$356$456 – $585: 62 hospitals$585 – $750: 39 hospitals$585$750 – $961: 31 hospitals$961 – $1,233: 32 hospitals$961$1,233 – $1,581: 23 hospitals$1,233median $433price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (397 of 440 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$132$16922
$169$21623
$216$27735
$277$35669
$356$45661
$456$58562
$585$75039
$750$96131
$961$1,23332
$1,233$1,58123

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$324
Median cash price$433
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.34×

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 $433.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 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: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $516 across 19 hospitalsMN$516Illinois: median $333 across 22 hospitalsIL$333Wisconsin: median $889 across 37 hospitalsWI$889Michigan: median $436 across 10 hospitalsMI$436New York: median $354 across 25 hospitalsNY$354Massachusetts: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $527 across 15 hospitalsIA$527Indiana: median $287 across 16 hospitalsIN$287Ohio: median $632 across 11 hospitalsOH$632Pennsylvania: median $351 across 26 hospitalsPA$351New Jersey: median $598 across 29 hospitalsNJ$598Connecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $1,131 across 36 hospitalsCA$1,131Utah: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $348 across 17 hospitalsWV$348Virginia: median $970 across 11 hospitalsVA$970Maryland: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $237 across 12 hospitalsOK$237Louisiana: median $175 across 16 hospitalsLA$175Mississippi: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $348 across 10 hospitalsGA$348Hawaii: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $628 across 21 hospitalsTX$628Florida: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $433. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA36$1,131+161%$632 – $1,131
Virginia VA11$970+124%$132 – $970
Wisconsin WI37$889+105%$548 – $1,412
Ohio OH11$632+46%$329 – $885
Texas TX21$628+45%$540 – $728
New Jersey NJ29$598+38%$331 – $5,339
Iowa IA15$527+22%$485 – $527
Minnesota MN19$516+19%$420 – $678
Michigan MI10$436+1%$299 – $1,412
New York NY25$354−18%$333 – $416
Pennsylvania PA26$351−19%$78 – $464
West Virginia WV17$348−20%$139 – $501
Georgia GA10$348−20%$348 – $348
Illinois IL22$333−23%$209 – $978
Indiana IN16$287−34%$209 – $381
Oklahoma OK12$237−45%$237 – $237
Louisiana LA16$175−60%$121 – $474
Idaho ID8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV1not 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 $433.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care363$420$238 – $894
Children’s7fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access70$459$242 – $889
Ownership
For-profit36$439$237 – $728
Government56$370$264 – $632
Non-profit348$444$237 – $954
System affiliation
Part of a system376$439$238 – $889
Independent64$392$241 – $843

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$753
Median cash price$433
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

278 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $488 and the average of the middle 60% is $516; most fall between $237 and $970.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 278 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
$179$287$488$828$1,131

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.3× what the cheapest tenth charges ($179 vs $1,131).

Of the 299 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 278 gave a usable cash price; 13 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 8 a list price only.

How complete is this

440 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (11%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 482 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted440
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here31
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded10
Hospitals that filed this code482

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 Other therapeutic procedures on eyelids, conjunctiva, cornea family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Clsr Lacrimal Punctum Thermocaut Lig/Laser.

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, “Sealing a tear duct opening with heat or laser (CPT 68760) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-68760-sealing-a-tear-duct-opening-with-heat-or-laser