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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 July 2026.

How much does Cataract Surgery With Glaucoma Drainage Device cost?

$4,162

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,162 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $851 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,311 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$851$692 to $1,318
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,311$1,318 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,311 · 10th to 90th $776 to $6,607Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $589 to $1,479
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,311professional $851

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
$630.96
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,479.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$218.78
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$537.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$7,413.10
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,238.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,071.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$933.25

Where Alabama 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

Alabama· 41st of 50

$4,162

$851 physician + $3,311 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.