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Cataract surgery, one eye at Kings County Hospital Center.

📍 Brooklyn, NY 1/5 CMS rating CPT 66984
Cash-pay price
$2,668
Kings County Hospital Center is around the national median (-1%) for cataract surgery, one eye.
Chargemaster (gross): $1,517 – $8,849

Insurance rates.

Each row is the range of rates Kings County Hospital Center negotiated with that payer's plans. Your specific rate depends on your plan.

PayerRange
Aetna$759 – $1,062
Anthem BCBS$607 – $2,204
Cigna$6,637
Medicare$564 – $7,522
Medicaid$303 – $607

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Patient experience.

CMS HCAHPS patient survey, period ending 03/31/2025 · 343 completed surveys.

Measure This hospital Network avg Δ
HCAHPS overall star rating 2/5 2.8/5 -0.8
Would definitely recommend 63% 69.6% -7pp
Hospital rating 9 or 10 of 10 62% 68.6% -7pp
Nurses always communicated well 68% 75.6% -8pp
Doctors always communicated well 78% 76.6% +1pp
Given clear info about recovery 80% 84.4% -4pp
Room and bathroom always clean 69% 68.6% 0pp
Staff always explained meds 54% 57.6% -4pp
Quiet at night, always 49% 52.2% -3pp

About this price.

This price comes directly from Kings County Hospital Center's machine-readable file (MRF), which the Hospital Price Transparency Rule (45 CFR 180.50) requires every US hospital to publish. We download it, parse the row for CPT 66984, and show you the dollar amount as published.

The cash-pay number is what an uninsured patient would be charged. Insurance-negotiated rates vary by payer and plan — see the table above for the range, or use the comparison tool for plan-specific numbers.

For a national view of cataract surgery, one eye prices, see the Cataract surgery, one eye overview.