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Cataract Surgery With Glaucoma Drainage Device

Connecticut 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?

$8,657

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,657 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,072 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,586 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$1,072$851 to $1,175
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,586$4,074 to $10,471

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,586 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $14,454Professionalmedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $617 to $1,479
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,586professional $1,072

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
$4,570.88
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,288.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$14,125.38
Typical High
$16,595.87
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,288.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$8,128.31
Typical High
$10,232.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,659.59
ConnectiCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$8,128.31
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$724.44
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$977.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$11,481.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,344.23
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
$407.38
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$537.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15

Where Connecticut 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

Connecticut· 4th of 51

$8,657

$1,072 physician + $7,586 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.