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Revision Of A Glaucoma Drainage Implant

Virginia 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?

$4,338

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,338 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $871 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,467 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$871$759 to $1,000
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,467$1,380 to $5,754

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $871 to $9,550Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $692 to $1,230
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,467professional $871

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
$1,000.00
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,089.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$4,265.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,047.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,548.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$165.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$144.54
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,202.26
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$954.99
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,445.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,071.52
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$8,709.64
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$4,570.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$13,182.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,348.96
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
$338.84
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 10th of 51

$4,338

$871 physician + $3,467 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.