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Surgical Removal Of A Cloudy Membrane In The Eye

South Carolina 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?

$2,125

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,125 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $646 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,479 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$646$251 to $851
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,479$1,000 to $1,905

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $832 to $6,918Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $115 to $955
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,479professional $646

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
$870.96
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,137.96
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,905.46
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$933.25
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,288.25
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
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,513.56
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$501.19

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 43rd of 51

$2,125

$646 physician + $1,479 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.