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Cataract Surgery With Glaucoma Drainage Device

Maryland 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?

$3,625

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,625 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $871 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,754 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$871$708 to $871
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,754$1,514 to $4,677

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $4,677Professionalmedian $871 · 10th to 90th $631 to $2,239
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,754professional $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
$1,513.56
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$4,677.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,238.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$794.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$3,715.35
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,202.26
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,479.11
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$933.25

Where Maryland 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

Maryland· 43rd of 50

$3,625

$871 physician + $2,754 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.