CMS Price Transparency Data

Cataract surgery with lens implant

Facility: Memorial Medical Center

Billing Code: 66984 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$722

about 0.3× the $2,358 Medicare rate · typically $611–$1,974

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$638

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $84 under the fair price · 0.3× Medicare

Medicare pays $2,358 Fair price $722 This hospital $638 Cash price $1,754 Hospital's list price $2,505

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How this hospital compares to other TX hospitals

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

Cheapest $545 Priciest $850

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 $722 (about 0.3× the $2,358 Medicare rate). Memorial Medical Center charges insurers about $638, or about $1,754 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Port Lavaca, 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	$450 - $3,498	19%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$478 - $2,016	20%
Aetnamajor	$563 - $3,498	24%
Cignamajor	$971 - $3,280	41%
Humanamajor	$510 - $3,498	22%
Ambetter (Centene)	$204 - $1,469	9%
Amerigroup	$450 - $2,099	19%
Health Net	$971 - $3,498	41%
Healthcare Highways	$414 - $3,498	18%
Molina	$638 - $2,099	27%
+ 13 smaller / regional plans	$450 - $3,717

Government programs also on file: Military & VA.

Excludes 9 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 1,754), 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 Memorial 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 Memorial Medical Center

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