Glaucoma Drainage Implant Without a Patch

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 66179

Implants a small drainage device in the eye: a fine tube carries fluid out of the front of the eye to a flat plate stitched onto the white of the eye further back, where the fluid is absorbed. It brings down the pressure inside the eye when drops and other surgery have failed to control glaucoma. In this version the tube is not covered over with a patch of donor or other tissue.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Glaucoma Drainage Implant Without a Patch cost?

$7,826

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,826 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,660 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,166 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

21% physician fee79% facility fee

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 52 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the bill	Who charges it	Typical	Range
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it	The doctor who performs it	$1,660	$1,148 to $2,399
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center	The hospital or surgery center	$6,166	$3,236 to $10,471

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,166 · 10th to 90th $1,445 to $14,791Professionalmedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $977 to $4,677

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	Facility/Professional	Modifier	Typical Low	Median	Typical High
Aetna Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $1,230.27 Median $4,677.35 Typical High $12,022.64	Facility	Global	$1,230.27	$4,677.35	$12,022.64
BCBS Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $3,388.44 Median $8,912.51 Typical High $17,782.79	Facility	Global	$3,388.44	$8,912.51	$17,782.79
Cigna Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $831.76 Median $3,311.31 Typical High $8,912.51	Facility	Global	$831.76	$3,311.31	$8,912.51
United Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $2,187.76 Median $6,760.83 Typical High $15,135.61	Facility	Global	$2,187.76	$6,760.83	$15,135.61

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 3.9 times more in Wisconsin than in Maryland. 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

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WI $12,421MD $3,209

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.