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Cataract Surgery With Glaucoma Drainage Device

Minnesota 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 October 2026.

How much does Cataract Surgery With Glaucoma Drainage Device cost?

$3,609

Typical total for the visit. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,609 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,318 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,291 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$1,318$1,023 to $1,905
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,291$1,202 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $724 to $9,772Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $724 to $2,692
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,291professional $1,318

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$6,025.60
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$933.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$120.23
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$19,952.62
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$10,232.93
Median
$18,620.87
Typical High
$34,673.69
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,290.87
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$446.68
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,388.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,884.03
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,818.38
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,754.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,943.28
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$11,220.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$2,454.71
7 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$363.08
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$81.28
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,949.84

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 5.9 times more in Alaska than in Montana. 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

Minnesota· 46th of 51

$3,609

$1,318 physician + $2,291 facility

AK $12,304MT $2,095

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.