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Revision Of A Glaucoma Drainage Implant

Louisiana 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?

$2,817

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,817 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $955 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,862 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$955$851 to $1,122
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,862$1,514 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $933 to $6,310Professionalmedian $955 · 10th to 90th $741 to $1,288
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,862professional $955

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
$741.31
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$3,801.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,288.25
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,413.10
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,122.02
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,659.59
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
$501.19
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$912.01

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 35th of 51

$2,817

$955 physician + $1,862 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.