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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 July 2026.

How much does Cataract Surgery With Glaucoma Drainage Device cost?

$8,614

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,614 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $851 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,762 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$851$617 to $851
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,762$4,467 to $12,023

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,762 · 10th to 90th $891 to $20,417Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $562 to $2,291
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $7,762professional $851

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
$5,888.44
Median
$10,471.29
Typical High
$21,877.62
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,290.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$141.25
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,023.29
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$10,000.00
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,630.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$6,165.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,479.11
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,174.90
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$575.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$16,595.87
Typical High
$25,703.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,348.96

Where South Carolina 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

South Carolina· 11th of 50

$8,614

$851 physician + $7,762 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.