Lens Removal Through the Back of the Eye

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 66852

Removes the eye's lens material by working through the white of the eye behind the colored iris, rather than from the front. Fine instruments break up and draw out the lens, and the jelly filling the back of the eye may be removed at the same time. This route is used when lens material has fallen back into the eye, the lens is dislocated, or it cannot safely be reached from the front.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Lens Removal Through the Back of the Eye cost?

$7,368

Typical total for the visit. Nationwide, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,368 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,202 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,166 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

16% physician fee84% facility fee

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 55 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the bill	Who charges it	Typical	Range
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it	The doctor who performs it	$1,202	$871 to $1,738
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center	The hospital or surgery center	$6,166	$3,020 to $10,233

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,166 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $14,454Professionalmedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $741 to $2,884

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	Facility/Professional	Modifier	Typical Low	Median	Typical High
Aetna Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $1,047.13 Median $4,677.35 Typical High $12,022.64	Facility	Global	$1,047.13	$4,677.35	$12,022.64
BCBS Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $3,235.94 Median $8,709.64 Typical High $17,782.79	Facility	Global	$3,235.94	$8,709.64	$17,782.79
Cigna Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $851.14 Median $2,344.23 Typical High $6,918.31	Facility	Global	$851.14	$2,344.23	$6,918.31
United Setting Facility Modifier Global Typical Low $2,238.72 Median $6,606.93 Typical High $14,791.08	Facility	Global	$2,238.72	$6,606.93	$14,791.08

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 4.5 times more in Wisconsin than in South Dakota. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

WI $11,931SD $2,643

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.