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Cataract Surgery With Glaucoma Drainage Device

South 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?

$3,582

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,582 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $631 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,951 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$631$263 to $891
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,951$2,344 to $6,166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $1,514 to $12,023Professionalmedian $631 · 10th to 90th $120 to $1,738
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $2,951professional $631

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
$851.14
Median
$11,481.54
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$891.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$8,709.64
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,862.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$6,165.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$5,128.61
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$954.99
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$24,547.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,348.96
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
$416.87
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$85.11
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,445.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$478.63

Where South 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

South Carolina· 47th of 51

$3,582

$631 physician + $2,951 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.