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Breaking Up And Removing The Eye's Natural Lens

West Virginia rates for HCPCS 66850

Removes the natural lens of the eye by breaking it into fragments with an ultrasonic probe and suctioning the pieces out through a small opening. It clears a cloudy or damaged lens so light can reach the back of the eye again. Fitting a replacement lens implant, where one is used, is handled as a separate step.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Breaking Up And Removing The Eye's Natural Lens cost?

$4,467

Typical facility fee. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,467 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $776 to $4,467.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $776 to $4,467
$1K$2K$5Kfacility $4,467

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$4,466.84
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$954.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$4,168.69
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$6,456.54

Where West Virginia sits

The same service costs 12.3 times more in California than in North Dakota. 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.

West Virginia· 25th of 50

$4,467

CA $10,233ND $832

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.