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Procedure price report · Other therapeutic procedures on eyelids, conjunctiva, cornea

Upper eyelid lift

CPT 15822the billing code this page is about

Surgery on the upper eyelid to remove or reshape excess skin and tissue; priced per eyelid operated on.

Hospitals typically charge $2,152 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 588 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,296. Most fall between $778 and $4,595 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
588
States
48
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 588 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$484$1,002$2,152$3,760$5,899

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($484 vs $5,899).

How the prices are spread

$388 – $543: 38 hospitals$388$543 – $760: 48 hospitals$760 – $1,063: 40 hospitals$760$1,063 – $1,489: 83 hospitals$1,489 – $2,085: 41 hospitals$1,489$2,085 – $2,919: 85 hospitals$2,919 – $4,086: 89 hospitals$2,919$4,086 – $5,721: 75 hospitals$5,721 – $8,010: 26 hospitals$5,721$8,010 – $11,215: 7 hospitals$8,010median $2,152price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (532 of 588 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$388$54338
$543$76048
$760$1,06340
$1,063$1,48983
$1,489$2,08541
$2,085$2,91985
$2,919$4,08689
$4,086$5,72175
$5,721$8,01026
$8,010$11,2157

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$2,108
Median cash price$2,152
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.02×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $2,152.

Alaska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $1,826 across 20 hospitalsMN$1,826Illinois: median $920 across 20 hospitalsIL$920Wisconsin: median $1,936 across 32 hospitalsWI$1,936Michigan: median $778 across 35 hospitalsMI$778New York: median $2,449 across 47 hospitalsNY$2,449Massachusetts: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,118 across 19 hospitalsIA$1,118Indiana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $1,522 across 17 hospitalsOH$1,522Pennsylvania: median $2,145 across 32 hospitalsPA$2,145New Jersey: median $4,350 across 32 hospitalsNJ$4,350Connecticut: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $3,562 across 56 hospitalsCA$3,562Utah: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: median $1,305 across 12 hospitalsNE$1,305Missouri: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $620 across 13 hospitalsWV$620Virginia: median $3,267 across 15 hospitalsVA$3,267Maryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $650 across 15 hospitalsOK$650Louisiana: median $1,856 across 13 hospitalsLA$1,856Mississippi: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: median $1,877 across 10 hospitalsAL$1,877Georgia: median $2,266 across 22 hospitalsGA$2,266Hawaii: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $4,309 across 31 hospitalsTX$4,309Florida: median $3,007 across 12 hospitalsFL$3,007
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,152. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ32$4,350+102%$2,026 – $6,102
Texas TX31$4,309+100%$2,823 – $4,783
California CA56$3,562+66%$1,207 – $5,505
Virginia VA15$3,267+52%$306 – $3,267
Florida FL12$3,007+40%$1,321 – $4,535
New York NY47$2,449+14%$1,255 – $4,595
Georgia GA22$2,266+5%$2,266 – $5,458
Pennsylvania PA32$2,1450%$264 – $16,960
Wisconsin WI32$1,936−10%$1,235 – $3,609
Alabama AL10$1,877−13%$1,166 – $11,160
Louisiana LA13$1,856−14%$593 – $3,006
Minnesota MN20$1,826−15%$1,127 – $2,143
Ohio OH17$1,522−29%$895 – $3,567
Nebraska NE12$1,305−39%$809 – $2,605
Iowa IA19$1,118−48%$1,010 – $1,293
Illinois IL20$920−57%$460 – $1,729
Michigan MI35$778−64%$484 – $2,046
Oklahoma OK15$650−70%$650 – $3,729
West Virginia WV13$620−71%$388 – $1,206
Missouri MO9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $2,152.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care481$2,266$839 – $4,881
Children’s7fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access99$1,293$703 – $3,250
Ownership
For-profit66$2,936$1,078 – $5,953
Government78$1,867$881 – $3,007
Non-profit443$2,143$737 – $4,595
System affiliation
Part of a system479$2,266$829 – $4,783
Independent109$1,413$714 – $3,216

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,542
Median cash price$2,152
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

341 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,631 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,972; most fall between $778 and $3,794.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 341 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$560$843$1,631$3,562$5,500

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.8× what the cheapest tenth charges ($560 vs $5,500).

Of the 379 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 341 gave a usable cash price; 18 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 20 a list price only.

How complete is this

588 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (15%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 649 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted588
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here39
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded5
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded17
Hospitals that filed this code649

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other therapeutic procedures on eyelids, conjunctiva, cornea family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Blepharoplasty Upper Eyelid.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Upper eyelid lift (CPT 15822) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-15822-upper-eyelid-lift