CMS Price Transparency Data

Cataract surgery with lens implant

Facility: Longview Regional Medical Center

Billing Code: 66984 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$2,296

about 1.0× the $2,358 Medicare rate · typically $2,296–$2,336

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$2,327

About the fair price

about $31 over the fair price · 1.0× Medicare

Medicare pays $2,358 Fair price $2,296 This hospital $2,327 Cash price $5,140 Hospital's list price $28,557

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How this hospital compares to other TX hospitals

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

Cheapest $545 Priciest $2,327

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

A fair price for a Cataract surgery with lens implant is about $2,296 (about 1.0× the $2,358 Medicare rate). Longview Regional Medical Center charges insurers about $2,327, or about $5,140 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Longview, TX.

What each insurance company pays

Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.

5 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna✓ Humana Kaiser 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	$894 - $7,996	38%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$2,029 - $4,141	86%
Aetnamajor	$2,327 - $19,447	99%
Cignamajor	$3,185	135%
Humanamajor	$2,281	97%
Amerigroup	$2,395 - $3,305	102%
Cigna HealthSpring	$2,281	97%
Health Net	$5,107 - $9,138	217%
+ 12 smaller / regional plans	$939 - $21,418

Government programs also on file: Medicare, Medicaid, Military & VA.

Excludes 3 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 5,140), 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 Longview Regional Medical Center 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 Longview Regional Medical Center

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