CMS Price Transparency Data

Cataract surgery with lens implant

Facility: Baptist Memorial Hospital Booneville

Billing Code: 66984 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$3,760

about 1.6× the $2,358 Medicare rate · typically $3,122–$4,135

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$3,657

About the fair price

about $103 under the fair price · 1.6× Medicare

Medicare pays $2,358 Fair price $3,760 This hospital $3,657

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How this hospital compares to other MS hospitals

Highest price of the 9 MS hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.

Cheapest $1,068 Priciest $3,657

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

A fair price for a Cataract surgery with lens implant is about $3,760 (about 1.6× the $2,358 Medicare rate). Baptist Memorial Hospital Booneville charges insurers about $3,657 — about the fair price. Located in Booneville, MS.

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	$3,657	155%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$2,092 - $10,129	89%
Aetnamajor	$2,133	90%
Humanamajor	$2,032 - $2,133	86%
Devoted Health	$2,072	88%
Health Net	$4,063	172%
Molina	$2,072 - $3,758	88%
+ 55 smaller / regional plans	$2,032 - $6,829

Government programs also on file: Military & VA.

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 Baptist Memorial Hospital Booneville 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 Baptist Memorial Hospital Booneville

Compare: Cataract surgery with lens implant at other MS hospitals

S E Lackey Memorial Hospital · Forest $1,068
Memorial Hospital Biloxi · Biloxi $2,052
Ochsner Medical Center-Hancock · Bay Saint Louis $2,094
King's Daughters Medical Center-Brookhaven · Brookhaven $2,121
Neshoba County General Hospital · Philadelphia $2,131
Tippah County Hospital · Ripley $2,140
Magee General Hospital · Magee $2,220
Ochsner Rush Hospital · Meridian $2,236

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