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Complex Cataract Surgery With Lens Implant

Montana rates for HCPCS 66982

This is cataract removal surgery performed in a more complex or challenging case, such as one involving prior eye conditions, unusual anatomy, or a need for special techniques or devices during surgery. A new artificial lens is placed in the eye after the clouded natural lens is removed. It differs from routine cataract surgery mainly in the added complexity of the case, not the basic goal of the procedure.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Complex Cataract Surgery With Lens Implant cost?

$2,271

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,271 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,096 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,175 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$1,096$759 to $1,175
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,175$1,072 to $1,479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $2,239Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $661 to $1,318
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,175professional $1,096

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,258.93
BCBS Montana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$5,754.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,318.26
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,479.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,148.15
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$5,754.40
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,174.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,548.82

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 4.1 times more in Vermont than in Maryland. 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

Montana· 48th of 51

$2,271

$1,096 physician + $1,175 facility

VT $8,533MD $2,077

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.