CMS Price Transparency Data

Cataract surgery with lens implant

Facility: Artesia General Hospital

Billing Code: 66984 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$2,623

about 1.1× the $2,358 Medicare rate · typically $2,397–$3,829

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

Medicare pays $2,358 Fair price $2,623 Cash price $953 Hospital's list price $1,588

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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✓ Cigna✓ Humana AetnaKaiser 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	$1,477 - $2,210	63%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$953 - $2,456	40%
Cignamajor	$1,350 - $1,429	57%
Humanamajor	$2,210 - $2,431	94%
GEHA	$1,112 - $2,210	47%
Molina	$1,985 - $3,713	84%
Presbyterian	$1,985 - $2,292	84%
+ 5 smaller / regional plans	$1,112 - $4,420

Government programs also on file: Military & VA.

Excludes 5 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 953), 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 Artesia General 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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Other Procedures at Artesia General Hospital

Compare: Cataract surgery with lens implant at other NM hospitals

UNM Hospital · Albuquerque $2,137
Christus St Vincent Regional Medical Center · Santa Fe $2,407
Dr Dan C Trigg Memorial Hospital · Tucumcari $2,640
Presbyterian Hospital · Albuquerque $3,998
Holy Cross Hospital A Div of Taos Health Systems · Taos $4,908
Lincoln County Medical Center · Ruidoso $13,999

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