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Cataract Surgery With Glaucoma Drainage Device

Colorado 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?

$9,382

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,382 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $871 to the doctor who performs it, and $8,511 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$871$776 to $1,122
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$8,511$4,786 to $10,965

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $8,511 · 10th to 90th $2,512 to $15,488Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $692 to $1,514
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $8,511professional $871

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
$2,454.71
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$10,964.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,047.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$16,218.10
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$7,585.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,148.15
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,479.11
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,202.26
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$6,606.93
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$13,489.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,380.38
5 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
$338.84
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$81.28

Where Colorado 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

Colorado· 3rd of 51

$9,382

$871 physician + $8,511 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.