CMS Price Transparency Data

Cataract surgery with lens implant

Facility: Methodist Fremont Health

Billing Code: 66984 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$2,501

about 1.1× the $2,358 Medicare rate · typically $1,487–$2,867

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$2,526

About the fair price

about $25 over the fair price · 1.1× Medicare

Medicare pays $2,358 Fair price $2,501 This hospital $2,526 Cash price $1,763 Hospital's list price $4,765

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How this hospital compares to other NE hospitals

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

Cheapest $487 Priciest $2,526

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

A fair price for a Cataract surgery with lens implant is about $2,501 (about 1.1× the $2,358 Medicare rate). Methodist Fremont Health charges insurers about $2,526, or about $1,763 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Fremont, NE.

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	$2,526 - $5,317	107%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$2,526 - $5,281	107%
Aetnamajor	$2,526 - $5,665	107%
Humanamajor	$2,526	107%
Ambetter (Centene)	$5,228	222%
Medica	$2,526 - $5,193	107%
+ 4 smaller / regional plans	$1,369 - $5,236

Government programs also on file: Medicare.

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 (about 1,763), 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 Methodist Fremont Health 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 Methodist Fremont Health

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