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Surgical Removal Of A Cloudy Membrane In The Eye

Arizona 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?

$2,734

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,734 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $692 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,042 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$692$589 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,042$1,096 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $776 to $5,888Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $550 to $5,248
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,042professional $692

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
$5,011.87
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$4,897.79
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$891.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$6,918.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,000.00
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
$371.54
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$549.54

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 31st of 51

$2,734

$692 physician + $2,042 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.