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Medication-Releasing Implant Inside The Eye

Colorado rates for HCPCS 0661T

Concerns a small implant that sits inside the front chamber of the eye and slowly releases glaucoma medication over many months, lowering the pressure inside the eye without daily drops. The implant does not dissolve on its own, so it stays in place until it is exchanged.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Medication-Releasing Implant Inside The Eye cost?

$5,370

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,370 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $955 from a physician practice, and about $9,120 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$955$933 to $1,047
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9,120$6,026 to $12,882

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,120 · 10th to 90th $3,236 to $18,197Professionalmedian $955 · 10th to 90th $776 to $1,096
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $9,120professional $955

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,096.48
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$19,498.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,174.90
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,317.64
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$18,197.01
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,344.23

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 12.9 times more in Wisconsin than in North Dakota. 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.

Colorado· 2nd of 51

$5,370

WI $8,128ND $631

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.