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Cataract Surgery With Glaucoma Drainage Device

Rhode Island 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?

$4,794

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,794 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $813 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,981 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$813$776 to $1,148
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,981$2,138 to $6,607

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,981 · 10th to 90th $933 to $10,233Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $708 to $1,230
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,981professional $813

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
$3,715.35
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$588.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$707.95
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$204.17
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$102.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$7,413.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$11,748.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,174.90
2 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
$354.81
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$398.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 31st of 51

$4,794

$813 physician + $3,981 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.