CPT 66988

Cataract Surgery

Current code35 hospitals with prices

This name is the CMS category the code belongs to (CMS's Restructured BETOS Classification System), shared with similar codes. The official CPT description belongs to the American Medical Association and isn't shown.

What Washington hospitals publish for this code

Commercial insurance: Rate negotiated with a private insurer or employer plan, including exchange and public-option plans.

Prices for CPT 66988 by hospital
Hospital	Commercial insurance rates (lowest – highest)	Cash price	List price (before discounts)
Legacy Salmon Creek Medical CenterVancouverFile dated 2026-04-01	—	$317 – $904Doctor’s fee: $588 – $904	$487 – $1,391Doctor’s fee: $904 – $1,391
Virginia Mason Medical CenterSeattle	$2,679 – $3,3464 plans	$2,133	$4,183

Lowest and highest amounts each hospital lists for this code during a hospital stay, including lines it lists for both settings or without saying which. A doctor’s fee is shown separately when the hospital lists one with the code. “At least” means plans were counted in more than one group and some may be the same plan. This is one line of a bill; most care brings several.

Medicare (traditional) reference

Only for people on original Medicare. These are CMS’s 2026 amounts. They aren’t what private insurance or cash patients pay.

Hospital outpatient payment (national): $4,223 (APC 5492)
Surgery center payment (national): $2,204

How hospitals also write this code

Some price files write it differently. These are counted as CPT 66988:

66988P (with a letter after it, P; 2 price lines)
66988T (with a letter after it, T; 1 price line)