CPT 65820

Fluid Flow and Drainage of Eye (Any Method)

Current code36 hospitals with prices

This name is the CMS category the code belongs to (CMS's Restructured BETOS Classification System), shared with similar codes. The official CPT description belongs to the American Medical Association and isn't shown.

What Washington hospitals publish for this code

Other government program: TRICARE, VA, Indian Health Service, workers' compensation, or another public program.

Prices for CPT 65820 by hospital
Hospital	Other government program rates (lowest – highest)	Cash price	List price (before discounts)
Harborview Medical CenterSeattleFile dated 2026-04-01	—	$3,833 – $5,749	$5,476 – $8,213
Legacy Salmon Creek Medical CenterVancouverFile dated 2026-04-01	—	Doctor’s fee: $1,417 – $2,180	Doctor’s fee: $2,180 – $3,354
Seattle Children's HospitalSeattle	$1,0351 plan	$3,378	$3,378
University of Washington Medical CtrSeattleFile dated 2026-04-01	—	$5,111 – $7,666	$7,301 – $10,952
Virginia Mason Medical CenterSeattle	—	$5,429	$10,645

Lowest and highest amounts each hospital lists for this code during a hospital stay, including lines it lists for both settings or without saying which. A doctor’s fee is shown separately when the hospital lists one with the code. “At least” means plans were counted in more than one group and some may be the same plan. This is one line of a bill; most care brings several.

Medicare (traditional) reference

Only for people on original Medicare. These are CMS’s 2026 amounts. They aren’t what private insurance or cash patients pay.

Doctor's fee, Seattle (King County): $827 in a hospital or surgery center
Doctor's fee, rest of Washington: $744 in a hospital or surgery center
Hospital outpatient payment (national): $4,223 (APC 5492)
Surgery center payment (national): $2,204

How hospitals also write this code

Some price files write it differently. These are counted as CPT 65820:

65820P (with a letter after it, P; 2 price lines)