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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 July 2026.

How much does Cataract Surgery With Glaucoma Drainage Device cost?

$7,632

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,632 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $871 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,761 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$871$692 to $1,585
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,761$5,370 to $9,772

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,761 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $13,183Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $589 to $2,630
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,761professional $871

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
$1,737.80
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$10,232.93
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$2,630.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$660.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,995.26
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$3,162.28
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$13,182.57
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,073.80
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$14,125.38
Median
$14,125.38
Typical High
$14,125.38
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$3,019.95
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$3,019.95
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$5,128.61
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,511.89
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,760.83
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$14,125.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,995.26
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,445.44

Where Iowa 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

Iowa· 17th of 50

$7,632

$871 physician + $6,761 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.