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Complex Cataract Surgery With Iris Support & Drainage Device

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 66989

This procedure removes a cloudy lens (cataract) and replaces it with an artificial lens, while also using extra devices or techniques to hold the pupil open or support the iris, the colored ring around the pupil. In the same visit, the surgeon places a small drainage device to help control eye pressure, addressing glaucoma at the same time as the cataract. It's used when the pupil won't widen enough on its own, the iris is unstable, or eye pressure also needs to be managed surgically.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Complex Cataract Surgery With Iris Support & Drainage Device cost?

$6,843

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,843 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $955 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,888 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$955$813 to $1,122
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,888$1,288 to $8,710

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,888 · 10th to 90th $813 to $13,804Professionalmedian $955 · 10th to 90th $692 to $2,188
$100.0$500.0$2.0K$10.0Kfacility $5,888professional $955

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
$812.83
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$12,589.25
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,258.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$162.18
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,187.76
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,445.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$23,988.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,089.30
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$22,387.21
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$15,488.17
Median
$15,488.17
Typical High
$15,488.17
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$6,918.31

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 9.1 times more in Indiana than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeNorth Carolina $6,843 · 22nd of 50
IN $16,007WV $1,763

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.