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Cataract Surgery With Glaucoma Drainage Device

Vermont 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?

$3,165

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,165 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $977 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,188 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$977$813 to $1,202
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,188$2,188 to $2,188

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $2,188 to $2,344Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $708 to $1,413
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,188professional $977

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS Vermont
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$8,912.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,202.26
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,454.71
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$2,344.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,698.24

Where Vermont 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

Vermont· 49th of 51

$3,165

$977 physician + $2,188 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.