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

Removal of a pterygium from the eye surface, no graft

CPT 65420the billing code this page is about

Surgical removal of a pterygium, a wedge of overgrown tissue on the surface of the eye, without placing a tissue graft over the area.

Hospitals typically charge $2,250 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 346 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,161. Most fall between $735 and $3,944 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
346
States
46
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 346 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
$505$810$2,250$3,450$6,590

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 13× what the cheapest tenth charges ($505 vs $6,590).

How the prices are spread

$372 – $500: 17 hospitals$372$500 – $672: 30 hospitals$672 – $902: 29 hospitals$672$902 – $1,212: 27 hospitals$1,212 – $1,628: 28 hospitals$1,212$1,628 – $2,187: 24 hospitals$2,187 – $2,937: 54 hospitals$2,187$2,937 – $3,945: 51 hospitals$3,945 – $5,299: 15 hospitals$3,945$5,299 – $7,118: 47 hospitals$5,299median $2,250price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (322 of 346 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$372$50017
$500$67230
$672$90229
$902$1,21227
$1,212$1,62828
$1,628$2,18724
$2,187$2,93754
$2,937$3,94551
$3,945$5,29915
$5,299$7,11847

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$2,429
Median cash price$2,250
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.93×

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 $2,250.

Alaska: 2 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: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $1,314 across 17 hospitalsIL$1,314Wisconsin: median $3,450 across 23 hospitalsWI$3,450Michigan: median $3,269 across 12 hospitalsMI$3,269New York: median $2,761 across 22 hospitalsNY$2,761Massachusetts: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,303 across 15 hospitalsIA$1,303Indiana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOHPennsylvania: median $283 across 18 hospitalsPA$283New Jersey: median $3,076 across 24 hospitalsNJ$3,076Connecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $7,118 across 30 hospitalsCA$7,118Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNMKansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $615 across 14 hospitalsOK$615Louisiana: median $1,236 across 14 hospitalsLA$1,236Mississippi: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $2,737 across 25 hospitalsTX$2,737Florida: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,250. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA30$7,118+216%$5,999 – $7,118
Wisconsin WI23$3,450+53%$2,949 – $3,450
Michigan MI12$3,269+45%$746 – $3,450
New Jersey NJ24$3,076+37%$2,582 – $5,419
New York NY22$2,761+23%$2,429 – $2,968
Texas TX25$2,737+22%$1,968 – $2,892
Illinois IL17$1,314−42%$447 – $6,999
Iowa IA15$1,303−42%$1,303 – $1,303
Louisiana LA14$1,236−45%$809 – $1,828
Oklahoma OK14$615−73%$615 – $3,867
Pennsylvania PA18$283−87%$230 – $4,772
Florida FL8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Ohio OH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY1not 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 $2,250.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care277$2,429$735 – $4,024
Children’s6fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access63$1,769$672 – $3,450
Ownership
For-profit32$1,574$551 – $3,564
Government61$2,342$779 – $3,602
Non-profit253$2,341$735 – $4,756
System affiliation
Part of a system284$2,550$735 – $4,024
Independent62$1,683$676 – $3,795

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,595
Median cash price$2,250
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

212 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,624 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,912; most fall between $611 and $4,000.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 212 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
$447$615$1,624$3,450$7,118

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 16× what the cheapest tenth charges ($447 vs $7,118).

Of the 228 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 212 gave a usable cash price; 10 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 6 a list price only.

How complete is this

346 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (9%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 376 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted346
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here20
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded9
Hospitals that filed this code376

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 PR Excis Pterygium.

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, “Removal of a pterygium from the eye surface, no graft (CPT 65420) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-65420-removal-of-a-pterygium-from-the-eye-surface-no-graft