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Procedure price report · Lens and cataract procedures

Cataract removal leaving the lens capsule in place

CPT 66940the billing code this page is about

The cloudy lens material is removed through an incision while the back of the lens capsule is left in place; this code is used for methods other than suction, ultrasound, or a pars plana approach.

Hospitals typically charge $2,389 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 306 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,338. Most fall between $1,227 and $4,665 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
306
States
44
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 306 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
$879$1,272$2,389$3,576$5,225

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.9× what the cheapest tenth charges ($879 vs $5,225).

How the prices are spread

$656 – $831: 9 hospitals$656$831 – $1,054: 23 hospitals$1,054 – $1,337: 40 hospitals$1,054$1,337 – $1,696: 18 hospitals$1,696 – $2,150: 26 hospitals$1,696$2,150 – $2,727: 72 hospitals$2,727 – $3,458: 25 hospitals$2,727$3,458 – $4,386: 12 hospitals$4,386 – $5,562: 39 hospitals$4,386$5,562 – $7,053: 12 hospitals$5,562median $2,389price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (276 of 306 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$656$8319
$831$1,05423
$1,054$1,33740
$1,337$1,69618
$1,696$2,15026
$2,150$2,72772
$2,727$3,45825
$3,458$4,38612
$4,386$5,56239
$5,562$7,05312

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$2,358
Median cash price$2,389
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.01×

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 $2,389.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $1,337 across 12 hospitalsIL$1,337Wisconsin: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWIMichigan: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMINew York: median $2,699 across 22 hospitalsNY$2,699Massachusetts: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceORNevada: 1 hospital 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 $1,945 across 15 hospitalsIA$1,945Indiana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOHPennsylvania: median $1,730 across 19 hospitalsPA$1,730New Jersey: median $3,786 across 23 hospitalsNJ$3,786Connecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $5,225 across 39 hospitalsCA$5,225Utah: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 5 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: median $1,172 across 14 hospitalsWV$1,172Virginia: 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: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,272 across 12 hospitalsOK$1,272Louisiana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $2,389 across 36 hospitalsTX$2,389Florida: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,389. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA39$5,225+119%$1,227 – $5,225
New Jersey NJ23$3,786+58%$2,524 – $5,419
New York NY22$2,699+13%$2,358 – $2,739
Texas TX36$2,3890%$2,275 – $2,523
Iowa IA15$1,945−19%$1,945 – $1,945
Pennsylvania PA19$1,730−28%$474 – $3,856
Illinois IL12$1,337−44%$1,008 – $3,576
Oklahoma OK12$1,272−47%$1,272 – $1,272
West Virginia WV14$1,172−51%$733 – $4,082
Wisconsin WI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Michigan MI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Ohio OH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not 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 $2,389.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care263$2,523$1,227 – $4,665
Children’s7fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access36$1,580$781 – $4,671
Ownership
For-profit37$2,275$1,008 – $3,927
Government39$2,152$1,238 – $2,784
Non-profit230$2,389$1,227 – $4,881
System affiliation
Part of a system261$2,493$1,227 – $4,671
Independent45$1,998$1,223 – $2,832

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,881
Median cash price$2,389
Cash as a share of list, median hospital58%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 42%. 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

197 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,945 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,003; most fall between $1,141 and $4,252.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 197 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
$965$1,227$1,945$2,723$5,225

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.4× what the cheapest tenth charges ($965 vs $5,225).

Of the 214 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 197 gave a usable cash price; 14 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 3 a list price only.

How complete is this

306 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (8%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 343 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted306
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here34
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 — excluded2
Hospitals that filed this code343

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 23, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Lens and cataract procedures family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as PR Extract Lens,Extracapsular.

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, “Cataract removal leaving the lens capsule in place (CPT 66940) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-66940-cataract-removal-leaving-the-lens-capsule-in-place