APC 5491
Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
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Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
Houston, TX
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The Methodist Hospital’s median price of $2.3k is 6% below the median hospital's median price ($2.4k), higher than 22% of the 472 hospitals reporting APC 5491. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 7 payers, 14 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.
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| 1 | Molina medicare/medicaid managed care plan other · outpatient | $1.9k | $1.9k | — | — | 1–10 | $1.9k – $1.9k |
| 2 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare managed care - hmo other · outpatient | $2.2k | $2.2k | — | — | 1–10 | $2.2k – $2.2k |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare medicare managed care - hmo other · outpatient | $2.2k | $2.2k | — | — | 46 | $2.2k – $2.2k |
| 4 | Humana medicare managed care - ppo other · outpatient | $2.2k | $2.2k | — | — | 36 | $2.2k – $2.2k |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield medicare managed care - ppo other · outpatient | $2.2k | $2.2k | — | — | 21 | $2.2k – $2.2k |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare medicare managed care - ppo other · outpatient | $2.2k | $2.2k | — | — | 57 | $2.2k – $2.2k |
| 7 | Aetna medicare managed care - hmo/ppo other · outpatient | $2.3k | $2.3k | — | — | 75 | $2.3k – $2.3k |
| 8 | Cigna texas healthspring medicare managed care - hmo/ppo other · outpatient | $2.3k | $2.3k | — | — | 32 | $2.3k – $2.3k |
| 9 | Devoted medicare managed care - hmo other · outpatient | $2.4k | $2.4k | — | — | 12 | $2.4k – $2.4k |
| 10 | Blue Cross Blue Shield all commercial plans other · outpatient | $4.0k | $4.0k | — | — | 95 | $4.0k – $4.0k |
| 11 | UnitedHealthcare all commercial plans other · outpatient | $7.1k | $7.1k | — | — | 33 | $7.1k – $7.1k |
| 12 | Cigna pcp optional/pcp required benefit plans hmo other · outpatient | $10.9k | $10.9k | — | — | 87 | $10.9k – $10.9k |
| 13 | Aetna hmo/pos/ppo other · outpatient | $11.8k | $11.8k | — | — | 17 | $11.8k – $11.8k |
| 14 | Cigna local plus/surefit hmo/ppo other · outpatient | $11.9k | $11.9k | — | — | 1–10 | $11.9k – $11.9k |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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