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Revision Of A Glaucoma Drainage Implant

Iowa rates for HCPCS 66184

Surgery to adjust or repair an implanted glaucoma drainage device — a small plate and tube that carries fluid out of the eye to lower pressure. The tube may be repositioned, unblocked, shortened, or re-secured so drainage works properly again. The device stays in place rather than being exchanged for a new one.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Revision Of A Glaucoma Drainage Implant cost?

$4,004

Typical total for the visit. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,004 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,549 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,455 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,549$1,202 to $1,862
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,455$1,622 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $6,607Professionalmedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $851 to $2,399
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,455professional $1,549

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,344.23
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,187.76
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$6,606.93
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$5,888.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,137.96
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,630.27
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,548.82
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,238.72
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,698.24
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 3.7 times more in Oklahoma than in Mississippi. 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

Iowa· 13th of 51

$4,004

$1,549 physician + $2,455 facility

OK $7,181MS $1,948

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.