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Cataract Surgery With Eye Pressure Laser Treatment

South Carolina rates for HCPCS 66988

Removes the clouded natural lens from the eye and puts a clear artificial lens in its place, and in the same sitting uses a laser passed through a fine endoscope to treat the tissue that produces the eye's fluid. Treating that tissue reduces fluid production and lowers pressure inside the eye. Combining the two deals with clouded vision and raised eye pressure in one operation.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Cataract Surgery With Eye Pressure Laser Treatment cost?

$891

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $891 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $891 from a physician practice, and about $11,482 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$891$741 to $891
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$11,482$3,467 to $18,197

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $11,482 · 10th to 90th $891 to $21,878Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $692 to $1,122
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $11,482professional $891

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
$891.25
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$11,481.54
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,995.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,819.70
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$16,595.87
Typical High
$25,703.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,258.93

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 14.1 times more in California than in Rhode Island. 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.

South Carolina· 43rd of 51

$891

CA $10,233RI $724

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.