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Complex Cataract Surgery With Lens Implant

South Carolina 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?

$2,862

Typical total for the visit. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,862 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $724 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,138 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$724$331 to $1,000
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,138$1,622 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $10,233Professionalmedian $724 · 10th to 90th $120 to $1,122
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,138professional $724

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
$933.25
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,122.02
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$7,943.28
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,348.96
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,187.76
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,238.72
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,023.29
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,659.59
8 more rates 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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$3,388.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,122.02

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 35th of 51

$2,862

$724 physician + $2,138 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.