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Cataract Surgery With Glaucoma Drainage Device

Delaware 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?

$4,423

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,423 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $708 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,715 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$708$603 to $776
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,715$1,862 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $7,943Professionalmedian $708 · 10th to 90th $603 to $813
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,715professional $708

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$7,943.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$794.33
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$851.14
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
$354.81
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$72.44
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
79 · Unrelated procedure after surgery
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95

Where Delaware 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

Delaware· 38th of 51

$4,423

$708 physician + $3,715 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.