CMS Price Transparency Data

Cataract surgery with lens implant

Facility: Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center

Billing Code: 66984 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$1,242

about 0.5× the $2,358 Medicare rate · typically $661–$1,963

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$1,095

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $147 under the fair price · 0.5× Medicare

Medicare pays $2,358 Fair price $1,242 This hospital $1,095 Hospital's list price $1,514

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How this hospital compares to other IA hospitals

A typical price — 4 charge more and 4 charge less, among the 9 IA hospitals compared.

Cheapest $562 Priciest $1,697

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 IA hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.

A fair price for a Cataract surgery with lens implant is about $1,242 (about 0.5× the $2,358 Medicare rate). Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center charges insurers about $1,095 — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in West Burlington, IA.

What each insurance company pays

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

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

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Humana CignaKaiser 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	$1,267	54%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$1,017 - $4,840	43%
Aetnamajor	$942	40%
Humanamajor	$507	22%
+ 9 smaller / regional plans	$414 - $1,886

Government programs also on file: Medicaid.

Excludes 2 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, 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 Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center 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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Other Procedures at Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center

Compare: Cataract surgery with lens implant at other IA hospitals

Clarke County Hospital · Osceola $562
Winnmed · Decorah $810
Henry County Health Center · Mount Pleasant $980
Jones Regional Medical Center · Anamosa $1,017
Orange City Area Health System · Orange City $1,144
Unitypoint Health - Marshalltown · Marshalltown $1,398
Grinnell Regional Medical Center · Grinnell $1,398
Trinity Muscatine · Muscatine $1,697

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