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Revision Of A Glaucoma Drainage Implant

South Carolina 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?

$2,537

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,537 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $759 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,778 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$759$251 to $933
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,778$1,122 to $2,951

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $813 to $9,772Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $115 to $1,072
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $1,778professional $759

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
$977.24
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$4,786.30
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,090.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,412.54
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,137.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,513.56
12 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
$478.63
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,659.59
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$562.34
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$223.87
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$154.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$154.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$154.88

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 41st of 51

$2,537

$759 physician + $1,778 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.