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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 October 2026.

How much does Cataract Surgery With Glaucoma Drainage Device cost?

$6,254

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,254 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $759 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,495 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$759$646 to $871
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,495$1,995 to $9,550

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,495 · 10th to 90th $776 to $13,490Professionalmedian $759 · 10th to 90th $603 to $1,072
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $5,495professional $759

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
$870.96
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$13,182.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,318.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$9,549.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$891.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,348.96
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$831.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$7,585.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,023.29
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$812.83
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$870.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$20,417.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,202.26
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
$288.40
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 15th of 51

$6,254

$759 physician + $5,495 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.