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Surgical Removal Of A Cloudy Membrane In The Eye

Oklahoma 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?

$5,581

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,581 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $794 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,786 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$794$692 to $912
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,786$1,738 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,786 · 10th to 90th $977 to $9,120Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $617 to $5,248
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,786professional $794

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
$1,288.25
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$13,182.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$3,890.45
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$6,456.54
Typical High
$10,000.00
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$912.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$977.24
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$6,456.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$6,025.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$912.01
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
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$575.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03

Where Oklahoma 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

Oklahoma· 2nd of 51

$5,581

$794 physician + $4,786 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.