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

Probing a blocked tear duct

CPT 68810the billing code this page is about

Passing a thin probe through the tear duct between the eye and nose to open a blockage, with or without flushing the duct.

Hospitals typically charge $441 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 525 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $508. Most fall between $243 and $892 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
525
States
48
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 525 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
$181$298$441$804$1,200

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($181 vs $1,200).

How the prices are spread

$122 – $168: 22 hospitals$122$168 – $232: 44 hospitals$232 – $320: 56 hospitals$232$320 – $441: 117 hospitals$441 – $608: 79 hospitals$441$608 – $839: 57 hospitals$839 – $1,157: 49 hospitals$839$1,157 – $1,595: 40 hospitals$1,595 – $2,199: 6 hospitals$1,595$2,199 – $3,033: 5 hospitals$2,199median $441price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (475 of 525 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$122$16822
$168$23244
$232$32056
$320$441117
$441$60879
$608$83957
$839$1,15749
$1,157$1,59540
$1,595$2,1996
$2,199$3,0335

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$324
Median cash price$441
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.36×

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 $441.

Alaska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 2 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 $620 across 26 hospitalsMN$620Illinois: median $460 across 28 hospitalsIL$460Wisconsin: median $892 across 34 hospitalsWI$892Michigan: median $428 across 16 hospitalsMI$428New York: median $396 across 33 hospitalsNY$396Massachusetts: median $1,082 across 11 hospitalsMA$1,082Oregon: median $291 across 12 hospitalsOR$291Nevada: 2 hospitals 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 $426 across 15 hospitalsIA$426Indiana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $505 across 10 hospitalsOH$505Pennsylvania: median $322 across 29 hospitalsPA$322New Jersey: median $3,033 across 24 hospitalsNJ$3,033Connecticut: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $1,159 across 50 hospitalsCA$1,159Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $365 across 18 hospitalsWV$365Virginia: median $534 across 14 hospitalsVA$534Maryland: 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: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: median $454 across 14 hospitalsSC$454Oklahoma: median $207 across 12 hospitalsOK$207Louisiana: median $254 across 20 hospitalsLA$254Mississippi: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $362 across 17 hospitalsGA$362Hawaii: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $547 across 24 hospitalsTX$547Florida: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $441. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ24$3,033+588%$331 – $5,419
California CA50$1,159+163%$879 – $1,159
Massachusetts MA11$1,082+145%$433 – $1,424
Wisconsin WI34$892+102%$596 – $1,190
Minnesota MN26$620+41%$285 – $784
Texas TX24$547+24%$538 – $728
Virginia VA14$534+21%$132 – $534
Ohio OH10$505+15%$329 – $670
Illinois IL28$460+4%$226 – $929
South Carolina SC14$454+3%$411 – $454
Michigan MI16$428−3%$234 – $892
Iowa IA15$426−3%$426 – $426
New York NY33$396−10%$354 – $1,087
West Virginia WV18$365−17%$128 – $385
Georgia GA17$362−18%$362 – $3,920
Pennsylvania PA29$322−27%$81 – $464
Oregon OR12$291−34%$291 – $378
Louisiana LA20$254−42%$174 – $378
Oklahoma OK12$207−53%$207 – $207
Missouri MO9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND3not 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
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI1not 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 $441.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care428$436$255 – $894
Children’s15fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access82$442$239 – $828
Ownership
For-profit38$458$240 – $892
Government69$354$211 – $550
Non-profit418$462$268 – $892
System affiliation
Part of a system439$454$259 – $892
Independent86$411$238 – $800

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$774
Median cash price$441
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

349 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $483 and the average of the middle 60% is $541; most fall between $226 and $892.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 349 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
$169$272$483$879$1,159

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.9× what the cheapest tenth charges ($169 vs $1,159).

Of the 373 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 349 gave a usable cash price; 17 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 7 a list price only.

How complete is this

525 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (13%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 574 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted525
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here38
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 code574

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 Probe Nasolacrimal Duct W/WO Irrigation.

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, “Probing a blocked tear duct (CPT 68810) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-68810-probing-a-blocked-tear-duct