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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 October 2026.

How much does Cataract Surgery With Glaucoma Drainage Device cost?

$5,673

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,673 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $661 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,012 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$661$575 to $759
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,012$3,090 to $7,943

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,012 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $11,482Professionalmedian $661 · 10th to 90th $479 to $1,000
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,012professional $661

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
$630.96
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$12,882.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,258.93
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,413.10
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$891.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$9,120.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,047.13
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$19,952.62
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,548.82
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$831.76
5 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
$316.23
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$562.34
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 22nd of 51

$5,673

$661 physician + $5,012 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.