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Cataract surgery (with lens implant) at Inova Fairfax Hospital

3300 Gallows Road, Falls Church, VA 22042-3307. From the hospital's federally required price file (v3.0.0), file date April 1, 2026source file. Last verified by PriceCheck: July 16, 2026. CPT 66984.

$6,551
Median commercial

Median commercial rate here: $6,551 — 32% above the Washington, DC metro median of $4,962. Compare all Washington, DC hospitals →

Commercial insurance plans

Payer / planFacility rateRate type
CarefirstHMO $4,411 negotiated rate
CarefirstPPO $4,454 negotiated rate
Sentara HealthExchange $4,819 negotiated rate
AetnaFannie-Mae $6,300 negotiated rate
Sentara HealthHMO (+1 same-rate plans) $6,341 negotiated rate
AnthemExchange HMO $6,762 negotiated rate
AetnaHMO (+1 same-rate plans) $7,369 negotiated rate
AnthemHMO (+1 same-rate plans) $7,794 negotiated rate
CignaExchange $7,834 negotiated rate
CignaHMO (+1 same-rate plans) $10,149 negotiated rate

Medicare plans

Payer / planFacility rateRate type
AetnaMedicare Advantage $2,851 negotiated rate
AnthemMedicare Advantage $2,851 negotiated rate
Sentara HealthMedicare Advantage $2,908 negotiated rate
CignaMedicare Advantage $2,965 negotiated rate
KaiserMedicare Advantage $2,965 negotiated rate
HumanaMedicare Advantage $3,136 negotiated rate

Medicaid plans

Payer / planFacility rateRate type
AnthemMedicaid Advantage $3,110 negotiated rate
Sentara HealthMedicaid Advantage $3,203 negotiated rate
HumanaMedicaid Advantage $3,234 negotiated rate
AetnaMedicaid Advantage $3,265 negotiated rate
KaiserMedicaid Advantage $3,421 negotiated rate
What these numbers are — and aren't. These are facility rates hospitals publish under the CMS Hospital Price Transparency rule (45 CFR Part 180). They are price information, not a quote or guarantee. Physician, anesthesia, radiology, and pathology services usually bill separately. Your actual cost depends on your insurance plan, deductible, and how the visit is coded. How we read hospital price files →

Common questions

What do insurance plans pay for cataract surgery (with lens implant) at Inova Fairfax Hospital?

Inova Fairfax Hospital lists 10 commercial plan rates for Cataract surgery (with lens implant), from $4,411 (Carefirst) to $10,149 (Cigna), with a median of $6,551. The Washington, DC metro median commercial rate for this procedure is $4,962.

Where do these prices come from?

Directly from the machine-readable file Inova Fairfax Hospital publishes under the CMS Hospital Price Transparency rule (45 CFR Part 180), file date April 1, 2026. These are price disclosures, not quotes.