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Surgical Removal Of A Cloudy Membrane In The Eye

Utah 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?

$4,532

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,532 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $363 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,169 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$363$110 to $468
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,169$1,514 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $692 to $7,943Professionalmedian $363 · 10th to 90th $59 to $617
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $4,169professional $363

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
$691.83
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$724.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,513.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,174.90
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$501.19
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$6,760.83
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,023.29
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$954.99
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,174.90
1 more rate 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
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$10,232.93

Where Utah 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

Utah· 8th of 51

$4,532

$363 physician + $4,169 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.