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Lens Removal Through the Back of the Eye

New Hampshire 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 October 2026.

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

$5,554

Typical total for the visit. In New Hampshire, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,554 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,288 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,266 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$1,288$1,122 to $1,820
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,266$2,630 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $2,344 to $9,120Professionalmedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $851 to $2,818
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,266professional $1,288

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$14,791.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,288.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$9,332.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,818.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$4,265.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,511.89
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,918.31
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,884.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$6,918.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,511.89
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,548.82

Where New Hampshire sits

The same service costs 3.9 times more in Wisconsin than in Montana. 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

New Hampshire· 13th of 51

$5,554

$1,288 physician + $4,266 facility

WI $9,535MT $2,461

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.