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Cataract Surgery With Glaucoma Drainage Device

Iowa 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?

$6,854

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,854 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,230 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,623 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,230$1,000 to $1,585
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,623$1,820 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,623 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $12,303Professionalmedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $661 to $1,995
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $5,623professional $1,230

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
$1,202.26
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$9,332.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$8,511.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,995.26
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,862.09
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$12,302.69
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$5,128.61
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,862.09
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$8,511.38
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$14,125.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,995.26
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,445.44
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
$354.81
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 11th of 51

$6,854

$1,230 physician + $5,623 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.