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Minimally Invasive Glaucoma Canal Surgery

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 66174

This eye surgery widens the eye's natural internal drainage channel for fluid, using a minimally invasive approach without leaving any implant or stent behind. It helps fluid drain more easily out of the eye to lower pressure inside it, treating glaucoma without a traditional filtering surgery.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Minimally Invasive Glaucoma Canal Surgery cost?

$4,401

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,401 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $933 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,467 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$933$724 to $1,479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,467$1,479 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $724 to $10,965Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $589 to $1,995
$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $3,467professional $933

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
$724.44
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,630.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,995.26
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,344.23
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,819.70
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01
Oscar Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15,135.61
Median
$15,135.61
Typical High
$15,135.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$23,988.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,862.09
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$12,302.69
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$8,709.64
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$8,709.64
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$5,128.61

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 9.6 times more in Indiana 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

North Carolina· 37th of 50

$4,401

$933 physician + $3,467 facility

IN $14,977ME $1,559

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.