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Making An Opening In The Iris

South Dakota rates for HCPCS 66500

Makes a small opening through the iris, the colored ring of the eye, so fluid trapped behind it can pass forward and the pressure inside the eye can settle. It is done through a tiny incision at the edge of the cornea in an operating room. The opening is normally placed where the upper lid will cover it.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Making An Opening In The Iris cost?

$1,242

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,242 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $741 to the doctor who performs it, and $501 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$741$513 to $933
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$501$135 to $724

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $501 · 10th to 90th $126 to $1,660Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $363 to $1,072
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $501professional $741

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$812.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,047.13
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,698.24
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$223.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,047.13
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25

Where South Dakota sits

The same service costs 5.3 times more in Alaska than in West Virginia. 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 Dakota· 40th of 51

$1,242

$741 physician + $501 facility

AK $4,339WV $825

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.