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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 October 2026.

How much does Cataract Surgery With Glaucoma Drainage Device cost?

$5,589

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,589 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $912 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,677 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$912$708 to $1,023
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,677$2,042 to $7,413

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,677 · 10th to 90th $676 to $10,965Professionalmedian $912 · 10th to 90th $661 to $1,660
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $4,677professional $912

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
$660.69
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$977.24
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$8,317.64
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$5,754.40
Typical High
$9,549.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$12,302.69
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$15,848.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,548.82
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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$85.11
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 24th of 51

$5,589

$912 physician + $4,677 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.