Laser treatment for clouded lens capsule after cataract surgery

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Original text from hospital filings

HC YAG LASER CAPSULOTOMY

Payers reporting CPT 66821

Payer pricing summary

Low

$291

Average

$1.2k

Median

$987

High

$4.4k

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1	Aetna fee schedule · outpatient · +33 other terms	502	$645	$1.5k	$2.3k	160%	330–402	$1 – $26.6k
2	UnitedHealthcare fee schedule · outpatient · +34 other terms	573	$603	$1.2k	$1.5k	126%	56–101	$1 – $17.9k
3	Humana fee schedule · outpatient · +27 other terms	398	$549	$698	$876	126%	39	$1 – $12.8k
4	Molina fee schedule · outpatient · +25 other terms	234	$473	$502	$639	127%	3–30	$1 – $5.8k
5	Blue Cross Blue Shield fee schedule · outpatient · +28 other terms	379	$1.0k	$1.6k	$2.1k	130%	2–20	$0 – $22.1k
6	Cigna case rate · outpatient · +28 other terms	342	$3.7k	$5.4k	$6.5k	121%	—	$1 – $40.7k
7	WellCare fee schedule · outpatient · +16 other terms	199	$569	$646	$473	73%	—	$214 – $4.3k
8	Oscar case rate · outpatient · +19 other terms	136	$3.1k	$2.5k	$1.0k	42%	—	$858 – $7.5k
9	Anthem fee schedule · outpatient · +28 other terms	131	$643	$936	$1.1k	115%	—	$177 – $7.1k
10	Kaiser fee schedule · outpatient · +21 other terms	99	$733	$986	$823	84%	—	$30 – $4.3k
11	Ambetter fee schedule · outpatient · +15 other terms	88	$964	$928	$423	46%	—	$295 – $2.3k
12	Healthcare Highways case rate · outpatient · +2 other terms	76	$2.2k	$1.9k	$536	29%	—	$1.2k – $3.1k
13	Aetna Better Health fee schedule · outpatient · +17 other terms	74	$263	$298	$92	31%	—	$178 – $616
14	Devoted fee schedule · outpatient · +12 other terms	71	$557	$538	$91	17%	—	$302 – $844
15	Optum fee schedule · outpatient · +22 other terms	63	$504	$601	$318	53%	—	$270 – $2.0k
16	Caresource fee schedule · outpatient · +15 other terms	59	$591	$1.2k	$765	63%	—	$1 – $4.3k
17	MultiPlan fee schedule · outpatient · +20 other terms	45	$932	$998	$699	70%	—	$187 – $7.3k
18	Tricare fee schedule · outpatient · +16 other terms	43	$534	$978	$1.3k	138%	—	$287 – $5.1k
19	Superior Healthplan case rate · outpatient · +4 other terms	38	$948	$943	$18	2%	—	$824 – $948
20	Cigna Healthspring fee schedule · outpatient · +8 other terms	35	$270	$388	$161	42%	—	$219 – $586
21	Medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +15 other terms	33	$567	$1.4k	$3.1k	223%	—	$219 – $22k
22	Amerihealth Caritas case rate · outpatient · +10 other terms	32	$561	$1.9k	$1.5k	79%	—	$407 – $3.7k
23	Clover fee schedule · outpatient · +8 other terms	31	$613	$1.1k	$1.2k	112%	—	$532 – $4.4k
24	Medica fee schedule · outpatient · +20 other terms	31	$703	$859	$605	70%	—	$241 – $7.1k
25	Bcbs Tx fee schedule · outpatient · +2 other terms	30	$719	$714	$364	51%	—	$208 – $2.1k

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