CMS Price Transparency Data

Cataract surgery with lens implant

Facility: King's Daughters Medical Center-Brookhaven

Billing Code: 66984 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$2,664

about 1.1× the $2,358 Medicare rate · typically $2,128–$3,172

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$2,121

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $543 under the fair price · 0.9× Medicare

Medicare pays $2,358 Fair price $2,664 This hospital $2,121 Cash price $1,062 Hospital's list price $3,539

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How this hospital compares to other MS hospitals

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

Cheapest $1,068 Priciest $2,603

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 $2,664 (about 1.1× the $2,358 Medicare rate). King's Daughters Medical Center-Brookhaven charges insurers about $2,121, or about $1,062 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Brookhaven, 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✓ Aetna✓ Cigna✓ Humana Blue Cross Blue ShieldKaiser 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	$1,060 - $6,150	45%
Aetnamajor	$1,060 - $2,121	45%
Cignamajor	$1,060 - $6,365	45%
Humanamajor	$1,060 - $2,121	45%
Ambetter (Centene)	$1,431 - $2,863	61%
+ 3 smaller / regional plans	$1,431 - $4,877

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 1,062), 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 King's Daughters Medical Center-Brookhaven 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 King's Daughters Medical Center-Brookhaven

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
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
Bolivar Medical Center · Cleveland $2,603

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