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Medication Injection into Front Eye Chamber

Iowa rates for HCPCS 66030

This procedure places medication directly into the front chamber of the eye, the fluid-filled space between the clear cornea and the iris. It is performed as a stand-alone treatment rather than as one step within a larger eye operation. Delivering medication straight into this space allows it to act quickly on structures inside the eye.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Medication Injection into Front Eye Chamber cost?

$309

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $309 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $275 from a physician practice, and about $2,089 from a hospital or other facility.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$275$214 to $389
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,089$479 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,089 · 10th to 90th $295 to $6,026Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $162 to $525
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,089professional $275

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$6,760.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$446.68
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$309.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$5,888.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,318.26
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$446.68
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,454.71
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$457.09
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$436.52
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$213.80

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 4.8 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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.

Iowa· 4th of 51

$309

AK $603KY $126

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.