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Cataract Surgery With Glaucoma Drainage Device

Louisiana 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?

$4,319

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,319 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $851 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,467 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$851$661 to $1,072
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,467$1,820 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $933 to $10,233Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $617 to $1,148
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,467professional $851

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
$933.25
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$6,606.93
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$691.83
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,148.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$173.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$20,417.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$977.24
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$4,897.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$5,888.44
Typical High
$11,748.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,445.44

Where Louisiana 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

Louisiana· 40th of 50

$4,319

$851 physician + $3,467 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.