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Cataract Removal With Lens Implant

Montana rates for HCPCS 66984

Cataract surgery removes the eye's clouded natural lens and replaces it with a clear artificial lens implant, restoring vision that has become blurry or dim. The surgeon breaks up and gently removes the lens through a small incision using an ultrasonic instrument, then positions the new lens implant during the same visit to the operating room. This is the standard, most commonly performed approach to cataract removal, without added complexity from prior eye surgery, unusual anatomy, or a very young patient.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Cataract Removal With Lens Implant cost?

$1,702

Typical total for the visit. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,702 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $851 to the doctor who performs it, and $851 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$851$550 to $851
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$851$794 to $1,995

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $794 to $3,090Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $501 to $955
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $851professional $851

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$912.01
BCBS Montana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$5,754.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,047.13
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,071.52
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$851.14
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$5,754.40
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$851.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,174.90

Where Montana sits

The same service costs 4.2 times more in Vermont than in Montana. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

Montana· 51st of 51

$1,702

$851 physician + $851 facility

VT $7,121MT $1,702

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.