CMS Price Transparency Data

Cataract surgery with lens implant

Facility: Kaleida Health

Billing Code: 66984 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$1,259

about 0.5× the $2,358 Medicare rate · typically $584–$2,404

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

Medicare pays $2,358 Fair price $1,259 Cash price $1,650 Hospital's list price $1,650

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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✓ Aetna✓ Cigna HumanaKaiser 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	$3,126	133%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$1,964 - $10,750	83%
Aetnamajor	$629 - $5,157	27%
Cignamajor	$3,371 - $4,091	143%
Fidelis Care	$3,111	132%
Independent Health	$1,676 - $4,671	71%
MagnaCare	$629 - $3,420	27%
WellCare	$2,996	127%
+ 4 smaller / regional plans	$604 - $4,015

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 (about 1,650), 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 Kaleida 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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