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Cataract Removal With Lens Implant, Whole-Lens Technique

Nebraska rates for HCPCS 66983

This surgery treats a cataract, a clouded lens inside the eye, by removing the entire lens as a single unit, including its surrounding capsule, and replacing it with an artificial lens implant. Unlike the technique used in most modern cataract surgery, this approach does not break the lens into smaller pieces before removing it. It is used far less often today than the standard modern technique.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Cataract Removal With Lens Implant, Whole-Lens Technique cost?

$1,905

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,905 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,778 from a physician practice, and about $2,188 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,778$1,585 to $2,188
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,188$1,820 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $1,318 to $7,943Professionalmedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $5,623
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,188professional $1,778

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
$4,677.35
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$8,317.64
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,290.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,089.30
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$6,918.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$5,623.41
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,819.70
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$2,344.23
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,089.30

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 4.6 times more in Alaska than in New York. 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.

Nebraska· 4th of 51

$1,905

AK $3,090NY $676

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.