CMS Price Transparency Data

Cataract surgery with lens implant

Facility: Carroll County Memorial Hospital

Billing Code: 66984 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$1,541

about 0.7× the $2,358 Medicare rate · typically $515–$2,873

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$2,077

Above the fair price

about $536 over the fair price · 0.9× Medicare

Medicare pays $2,358 Fair price $1,541 This hospital $2,077 Cash price $4,020 Hospital's list price $6,700

How we calculate the fair BaseRate →

How this hospital compares to other KY hospitals

A typical price — 5 charge more and 3 charge less, among the 9 KY hospitals compared.

Cheapest $478 Priciest $2,228

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

A fair price for a Cataract surgery with lens implant is about $1,541 (about 0.7× the $2,358 Medicare rate). Carroll County Memorial Hospital charges insurers about $2,077, or about $4,020 in cash — above the fair price. Located in Carrollton, KY.

This price is above the fair BaseRate — you may be able to pay less

Ask the hospital for the cash / self-pay price, check whether you qualify for financial assistance, or negotiate the bill down toward the fair price of about $1,541. Many patients pay well below the first number they’re quoted — the checklists below walk you through it.

What each insurance company pays

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

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

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Humana AetnaCignaKaiser 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	$2,144	91%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$2,010 - $2,462	85%
Humanamajor	$1,904 - $3,929	81%
WellCare	$1,904 - $2,010	81%

Government programs also on file: Medicare, Medicaid.

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 4,020), 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 Carroll County 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.

Estimate your out-of-pocket cost

A rough estimate of what you’d pay with insurance (deductible + coinsurance) versus paying the cash price yourself.

How you’d pay

Deductible left to meet ($)

Your coinsurance (%)

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Other Procedures at Carroll County Memorial Hospital

Compare: Cataract surgery with lens implant at other KY hospitals

Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville · Madisonville $478
Deaconess Henderson Hospital · Henderson $785
Trigg County Hospital · Cadiz $1,037
Saint Joseph London · London $2,128
Norton Hospitals, Inc · Louisville $2,138
Harrison Memorial Hospital · Cynthiana $2,155
Saint Joseph Mount Sterling · Mount Sterling $2,209
CHI Saint Joseph Flaget Memorial Hospital · Bardstown $2,228

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