CMS Price Transparency Data

Cataract surgery with lens implant

Facility: Massac Memorial Hospital

Billing Code: 66984 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$772

about 0.3× the $2,358 Medicare rate · typically $555–$1,985

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$600

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $172 under the fair price · 0.3× Medicare

Medicare pays $2,358 Fair price $772 This hospital $600 Cash price $4,049 Hospital's list price $5,785

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How this hospital compares to other IL hospitals

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

Cheapest $483 Priciest $794

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

⚠ The cash price looks unusually high next to the insurance price — it may be the full list price, not a real cash discount. Call to confirm the self-pay rate.

A fair price for a Cataract surgery with lens implant is about $772 (about 0.3× the $2,358 Medicare rate). Massac Memorial Hospital charges insurers about $600, or about $4,049 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Metropolis, IL.

What each insurance company pays

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

5 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	$1,085 - $7,839	46%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$455 - $8,959	19%
Aetnamajor	$455 - $7,634	19%
Cignamajor	$546 - $7,690	23%
Humanamajor	$455 - $4,946	19%
HealthLink	$587 - $6,840	25%
Molina	$753 - $3,835	32%
+ 3 smaller / regional plans	$455 - $4,946

Government programs also on file: Medicaid.

Excludes 3 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 4,049), 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 Massac Memorial 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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