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Surgical Removal Of A Cloudy Membrane In The Eye

Alabama rates for HCPCS 66830

Removes the hazy membrane that can form behind a lens implant in the months or years after cataract surgery, restoring clear vision. It is done in an operating room through a small incision at the edge of the eye, rather than with a clinic laser. Part of the iris is sometimes trimmed at the same time.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Surgical Removal Of A Cloudy Membrane In The Eye cost?

$1,518

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,518 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $741 to the doctor who performs it, and $776 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$741$676 to $1,349
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$776$776 to $1,288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $776 · 10th to 90th $776 to $2,884Professionalmedian $741 · 10th to 90th $589 to $1,349
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $776professional $741

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
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$912.01
8 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
$489.78
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$676.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
32 · Mandated service
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 4.0 times more in Alaska than in Alabama. 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

Alabama· 51st of 51

$1,518

$741 physician + $776 facility

AK $6,054AL $1,518

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.