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Glaucoma Drainage Opening With Iris Removal

Colorado rates for HCPCS 66160

Creates a small drainage opening through the white wall of the eye using a punch or fine scissors, letting fluid trapped inside the eye escape so the pressure falls. A small piece of the iris, the colored part of the eye, is removed at the same time to keep the new opening from clogging. It is used for glaucoma that has not been controlled well enough by drops or laser.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Glaucoma Drainage Opening With Iris Removal cost?

$6,670

Typical total for the visit. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,670 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,175 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,495 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,175$955 to $1,445
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,495$3,311 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $1,585 to $10,000Professionalmedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $776 to $1,995
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,495professional $1,175

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
$1,584.89
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,949.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$10,964.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,862.09
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,737.80
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$3,801.89
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,819.70
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,089.30

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 5.2 times more in Wyoming than in Maine. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Colorado· 7th of 50

$6,670

$1,175 physician + $5,495 facility

WY $10,301ME $1,996

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.