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Complex Cataract Surgery With Lens Implant

South Dakota 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 July 2026.

How much does Complex Cataract Surgery With Lens Implant cost?

$5,487

Typical total for the visit. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,487 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,122 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,365 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,122$724 to $2,089
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,365$3,981 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $933 to $5,495Professionalmedian $1,122 · 10th to 90th $224 to $3,236
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $4,365professional $1,122

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
$3,981.07
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$5,495.41
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$3,801.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$194.98
Avera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,691.53
Avera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,187.76
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,238.72
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,511.89
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$1,862.09
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,089.30
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,621.81

Where South Dakota sits

The same service costs 5.9 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

South Dakota· 28th of 51

$5,487

$1,122 physician + $4,365 facility

CA $12,220ND $2,070

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.