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Cataract Surgery With Glaucoma Drainage Device

West 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?

$4,054

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,054 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $891 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,162 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$891$676 to $1,072
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,162$1,698 to $5,248

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $676 to $10,965Professionalmedian $891 · 10th to 90th $550 to $1,738
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,162professional $891

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
$676.08
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$3,090.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$758.58
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$10,964.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,818.38
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,248.07
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$14,791.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,737.80
1 more rate 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
Highmark BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
79 · Unrelated procedure after surgery
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,023.29

Where West 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

West Virginia· 42nd of 51

$4,054

$891 physician + $3,162 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.