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Cataract Surgery With Glaucoma Drainage Device

Alaska rates for HCPCS 66991

A surgeon removes a cloudy natural lens from the eye (a cataract) and replaces it with an artificial lens, and in the same operation implants a small device that helps drain fluid from the eye to manage glaucoma. Combining these two procedures in one operation treats both the cataract and glaucoma together. This is used when a patient has both conditions and can benefit from addressing them at the same time.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Cataract Surgery With Glaucoma Drainage Device cost?

$2,909

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,909 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,862 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,047 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,862$955 to $3,236
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,047$832 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $759 to $14,125Professionalmedian $1,862 · 10th to 90th $603 to $3,715
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,047professional $1,862

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$18,197.01
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,513.56
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$3,715.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$2,290.87
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$5,370.32
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,265.80
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,754.23
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,715.35
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$5,370.32
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10,964.78
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$5,495.41

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 10.7 times more in New Mexico than in West Virginia. 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

Alaska· 45th of 50

$2,909

$1,862 physician + $1,047 facility

NM $14,445WV $1,352

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.