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Cataract Surgery With Glaucoma Drainage Device

North Carolina 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?

$7,366

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,366 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $759 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,607 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$759$661 to $955
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,607$2,951 to $8,511

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,607 · 10th to 90th $708 to $9,772Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $603 to $2,138
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,607professional $759

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
$776.25
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$9,549.93
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$3,630.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$128.82
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,096.48
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,737.80
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$23,988.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,659.59
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$22,387.21
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$4,466.84
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$15,848.93
Median
$15,848.93
Typical High
$15,848.93
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$3,388.44
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,388.44
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$5,623.41

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 18th of 50

$7,366

$759 physician + $6,607 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.