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Cataract Removal With Lens Implant, Whole-Lens Technique

Utah 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?

$1,000

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,000 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $871 from a physician practice, and about $4,169 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$871$724 to $1,122
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,169$1,514 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,169 · 10th to 90th $724 to $8,511Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $646 to $1,202
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $4,169professional $871

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
$724.44
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$9,772.37
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$812.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$4,168.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,258.93
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,318.26
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$6,760.83
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,122.02
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,168.69
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,348.96
1 more rate 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
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$5,623.41
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$10,232.93

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 35th of 51

$1,000

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.