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Glaucoma Drainage Opening With Iris Removal

Georgia 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?

$4,393

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,393 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,230 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,162 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,230$1,000 to $1,445
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,162$1,622 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $7,079Professionalmedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $851 to $1,950
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,162professional $1,230

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
$1,380.38
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,905.46
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$5,888.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,344.23
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$3,235.94
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,187.76

Where Georgia 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

Georgia· 28th of 50

$4,393

$1,230 physician + $3,162 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.