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Cataract Surgery With Glaucoma Drainage Device

North Dakota 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?

$5,525

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,525 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,259 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,266 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,259$1,023 to $1,380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,266$1,148 to $5,495

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,266 · 10th to 90th $676 to $5,495Professionalmedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $692 to $1,585
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,266professional $1,259

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
$676.08
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$724.44
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$5,495.41
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,548.82
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,862.09
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$2,344.23
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,096.48
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$154.88
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,348.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,862.09
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$4,570.88
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,513.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,380.38

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 25th of 51

$5,525

$1,259 physician + $4,266 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.