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Procedure price report · Lens and cataract procedures

Complex cataract removal with lens implant

CPT 66982the billing code this page is about

Surgery to remove a clouded natural lens and place an artificial lens in one eye, using extra techniques or devices needed for difficult cases.

Hospitals typically charge $3,068 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 671 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,366. Most fall between $1,538 and $5,811 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
671
States
49
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 671 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
$1,175$1,862$3,068$5,270$8,604

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.3× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,175 vs $8,604).

How the prices are spread

$896 – $1,149: 14 hospitals$896$1,149 – $1,473: 81 hospitals$1,473 – $1,888: 57 hospitals$1,473$1,888 – $2,420: 50 hospitals$2,420 – $3,102: 104 hospitals$2,420$3,102 – $3,977: 53 hospitals$3,977 – $5,098: 97 hospitals$3,977$5,098 – $6,536: 71 hospitals$6,536 – $8,378: 42 hospitals$6,536$8,378 – $10,741: 41 hospitals$8,378median $3,068price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (610 of 671 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$896$1,14914
$1,149$1,47381
$1,473$1,88857
$1,888$2,42050
$2,420$3,102104
$3,102$3,97753
$3,977$5,09897
$5,098$6,53671
$6,536$8,37842
$8,378$10,74141

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$2,358
Median cash price$3,068
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.30×

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 $3,068.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $3,351 across 13 hospitalsWA$3,351Idaho: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $4,709 across 26 hospitalsMN$4,709Illinois: median $3,749 across 25 hospitalsIL$3,749Wisconsin: median $4,269 across 37 hospitalsWI$4,269Michigan: median $1,399 across 29 hospitalsMI$1,399New York: median $2,739 across 49 hospitalsNY$2,739Massachusetts: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $1,597 across 13 hospitalsOR$1,597Nevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $2,127 across 30 hospitalsIA$2,127Indiana: median $5,009 across 19 hospitalsIN$5,009Ohio: median $3,981 across 21 hospitalsOH$3,981Pennsylvania: median $2,174 across 25 hospitalsPA$2,174New Jersey: median $2,986 across 26 hospitalsNJ$2,986Connecticut: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $2,953 across 52 hospitalsCA$2,953Utah: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $2,603 across 11 hospitalsCO$2,603Nebraska: median $2,646 across 13 hospitalsNE$2,646Missouri: median $3,881 across 16 hospitalsMO$3,881Kentucky: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $2,670 across 16 hospitalsWV$2,670Virginia: median $4,650 across 10 hospitalsVA$4,650Maryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $2,717 across 21 hospitalsKS$2,717Arkansas: median $2,133 across 10 hospitalsAR$2,133Tennessee: median $2,010 across 14 hospitalsTN$2,010North Carolina: median $2,765 across 12 hospitalsNC$2,765South Carolina: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,210 across 14 hospitalsOK$1,210Louisiana: median $3,539 across 13 hospitalsLA$3,539Mississippi: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $10,558 across 13 hospitalsGA$10,558Hawaii: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $4,403 across 35 hospitalsTX$4,403Florida: median $2,932 across 10 hospitalsFL$2,932
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,068. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Georgia GA13$10,558+244%$2,602 – $10,558
Indiana IN19$5,009+63%$1,378 – $7,059
Minnesota MN26$4,709+53%$1,755 – $5,526
Virginia VA10$4,650+52%$1,446 – $8,604
Texas TX35$4,403+44%$3,465 – $5,352
Wisconsin WI37$4,269+39%$3,688 – $7,361
Ohio OH21$3,981+30%$2,172 – $9,572
Missouri MO16$3,881+27%$2,470 – $6,536
Illinois IL25$3,749+22%$1,378 – $12,275
Louisiana LA13$3,539+15%$2,391 – $4,663
Washington WA13$3,351+9%$1,471 – $6,195
New Jersey NJ26$2,986−3%$2,527 – $5,419
California CA52$2,953−4%$1,160 – $10,741
Florida FL10$2,932−4%$2,001 – $4,236
North Carolina NC12$2,765−10%$1,660 – $8,015
New York NY49$2,739−11%$2,358 – $4,595
Kansas KS21$2,717−11%$1,992 – $3,933
West Virginia WV16$2,670−13%$1,175 – $5,923
Nebraska NE13$2,646−14%$1,591 – $5,270
Colorado CO11$2,603−15%$1,163 – $6,839
Pennsylvania PA25$2,174−29%$471 – $3,856
Arkansas AR10$2,133−30%$1,521 – $2,865
Iowa IA30$2,127−31%$1,862 – $4,570
Tennessee TN14$2,010−34%$1,158 – $3,592
Oregon OR13$1,597−48%$1,342 – $2,342
Michigan MI29$1,399−54%$1,399 – $3,173
Oklahoma OK14$1,210−61%$1,210 – $4,818
Idaho ID9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not 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 $3,068.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care472$2,953$1,535 – $6,089
Children’s9fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access190$3,505$1,580 – $5,526
Ownership
For-profit69$3,383$1,538 – $6,332
Government126$2,841$1,794 – $5,352
Non-profit476$3,023$1,399 – $5,935
System affiliation
Part of a system520$3,392$1,507 – $6,054
Independent151$2,676$1,576 – $5,100

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$5,100
Median cash price$3,068
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. 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

330 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,633 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,961; most fall between $1,249 and $5,526.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 330 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
$1,135$1,378$2,633$4,665$7,690

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.8× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,135 vs $7,690).

Of the 366 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 330 gave a usable cash price; 20 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 16 a list price only.

How complete is this

671 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (17%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 742 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted671
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here47
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded7
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded17
Hospitals that filed this code742

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 Lens and cataract procedures family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Xcapsl Ctrc Rmvl Insj Io Lens Prosth Cplx WO Ecp.

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, “Complex cataract removal with lens implant (CPT 66982) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-66982-complex-cataract-removal-with-lens-implant