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Cataract Surgery With Glaucoma Drainage Device

Kentucky 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?

$4,673

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,673 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $692 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,981 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$692$589 to $794
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,981$2,630 to $6,310

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $7,943Professionalmedian $692 · 10th to 90th $513 to $871
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $3,981professional $692

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
$602.56
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$851.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$128.82
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$616.60
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,762.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$794.33
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$977.24
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$2,818.38
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$10,471.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,380.38

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 37th of 50

$4,673

$692 physician + $3,981 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.