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Glaucoma Drainage Implant Without a Patch

Massachusetts 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?

$3,388

Typical facility fee. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,388 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,512 to $5,012.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,388 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $7,762
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,388

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
$1,949.84
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$5,248.07
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$12,589.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$4,365.16
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$4,897.79
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$13,182.57
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$12,589.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$13,803.84

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 20.9 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.

Massachusetts· 32nd of 50

$3,388

IN $14,791ME $708

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.