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Cataract Surgery With Glaucoma Drainage Device

Virginia 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?

$5,280

Typical total for the visit. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,280 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $813 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,467 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$813$617 to $1,122
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,467$1,047 to $10,471

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,467 · 10th to 90th $708 to $13,490Professionalmedian $813 · 10th to 90th $575 to $4,365
$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $4,467professional $813

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
$870.96
Median
$5,248.07
Typical High
$14,791.08
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$870.96
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$4,466.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$128.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$9,332.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,318.26
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$8,317.64
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
22 · Increased work
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,318.26
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$812.83
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,288.25
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$10,000.00
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$10,964.78
Typical High
$22,387.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,380.38

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 33rd of 50

$5,280

$813 physician + $4,467 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.