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Cataract Surgery With Glaucoma Drainage Device

Alabama 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 October 2026.

How much does Cataract Surgery With Glaucoma Drainage Device cost?

$5,831

Typical total for the visit. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,831 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $933 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,898 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$933$724 to $1,148
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,898$2,692 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,898 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $4,898Professionalmedian $933 · 10th to 90th $646 to $1,318
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $4,898professional $933

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
$776.25
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$4,897.79
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$4,786.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$954.99
6 more rates 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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$7,413.10

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 5.9 times more in Alaska than in Montana. 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

Alabama· 18th of 51

$5,831

$933 physician + $4,898 facility

AK $12,304MT $2,095

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.