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Revision Of A Glaucoma Drainage Implant

Kentucky 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?

$2,912

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,912 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $724 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,188 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$724$646 to $871
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,188$1,096 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $813 to $9,772Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $562 to $1,445
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,188professional $724

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
$794.33
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,630.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$954.99
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$11,748.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$794.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,202.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$123.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$109.65
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,041.74
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,311.31
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,318.26
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
$389.05
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$707.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$660.69

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 30th of 51

$2,912

$724 physician + $2,188 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.