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Cataract Surgery With Glaucoma Drainage Device

New Jersey 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?

$10,040

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $10,040 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $708 to the doctor who performs it, and $9,333 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$708$631 to $955
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$9,333$6,457 to $11,482

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9,333 · 10th to 90th $4,467 to $15,488Professionalmedian $708 · 10th to 90th $589 to $8,511
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $9,333professional $708

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
$4,466.84
Median
$9,332.54
Typical High
$15,488.17
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$12,302.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$123.03
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$2,187.76
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$933.25
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$15,848.93
Typical High
$26,302.68
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$8,709.64
Typical High
$19,498.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,348.96

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 8th of 50

$10,040

$708 physician + $9,333 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.