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Cataract Surgery With Glaucoma Drainage Device

Massachusetts 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?

$4,566

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,566 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $851 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$851$708 to $1,380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,715$2,570 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $708 to $8,128Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $646 to $1,995
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,715professional $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
$2,570.40
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$7,244.36
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,089.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$158.49
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$15,488.17
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$4,466.84
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$15,848.93
Median
$15,848.93
Typical High
$15,848.93
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,388.44
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,238.72
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,819.70
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$4,897.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,238.72
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$3,630.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,000.00
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$13,182.57
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,819.70
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,630.78
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$3,715.35
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,096.48
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$15,488.17
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$4,466.84
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$15,848.93
Median
$15,848.93
Typical High
$15,848.93
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,388.44
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$13,803.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,344.23

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 38th of 50

$4,566

$851 physician + $3,715 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.