CMS Price Transparency Data

Cataract surgery with lens implant

Facility: Aspen Valley Hospital

Billing Code: 66984 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$1,031

about 0.4× the $2,358 Medicare rate · typically $711–$3,069

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

Medicare pays $2,358 Fair price $1,031 Cash price $2,815 Hospital's list price $2,815

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What each insurance company pays

Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.

6 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna✓ Humana✓ Kaiser Permanente

Crossed out = this hospital hasn’t published a negotiated price for that insurer for this procedure. It doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t accepted — ask your insurer.

Insurance company	Price range	vs. Medicare
UnitedHealthcaremajor	$647 - $4,432	27%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$647 - $4,100	27%
Aetnamajor	$647 - $4,432	27%
Cignamajor	$839 - $4,432	36%
Humanamajor	$647 - $4,432	27%
Kaiser Permanentemajor	$1,198 - $4,432	51%
GEHA	$1,138 - $4,210	48%
Harvard Pilgrim	$1,198 - $4,432	51%
Health Net	$1,198 - $4,432	51%
Tufts Health Plan	$1,198 - $4,432	51%
+ 38 smaller / regional plans	$1,138 - $4,432

Government programs also on file: Medicare, Medicaid, Military & VA.

Excludes 8 rental-network / third-party entries (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.

Self-Pay How to get the cash price

Tell the billing desk you want to be billed as self-pay — not through insurance — before your visit.
Ask for the cash / prompt-pay discount in writing, with the exact price (about 2,815), before you agree to anything.
Get it in writing that they won’t also bill your insurance, so the cash price is what you owe.
Check the CPT code on your bill matches exactly: 66984.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Aspen Valley Hospital is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 66984.
Confirm the doctor or provider is in-network too — not just the hospital building.
Check your Explanation of Benefits against the hospital’s final itemized bill.

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Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.