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Procedure price report · Lens and cataract procedures

Standard cataract removal with lens implant

CPT 66984the billing code this page is about

Routine surgery on one eye to break up and remove the clouded lens while leaving the lens capsule in place, then insert an artificial lens.

Hospitals typically charge $3,043 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 838 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $3,227. Most fall between $1,399 and $5,577 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
838
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 838 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
$980$1,634$3,043$5,044$8,483

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($980 vs $8,483).

How the prices are spread

$745 – $967: 40 hospitals$745$967 – $1,257: 46 hospitals$1,257 – $1,633: 82 hospitals$1,257$1,633 – $2,122: 66 hospitals$2,122 – $2,757: 107 hospitals$2,122$2,757 – $3,583: 95 hospitals$3,583 – $4,655: 122 hospitals$3,583$4,655 – $6,049: 100 hospitals$6,049 – $7,860: 47 hospitals$6,049$7,860 – $10,212: 51 hospitals$7,860median $3,043price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (756 of 838 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$745$96740
$967$1,25746
$1,257$1,63382
$1,633$2,12266
$2,122$2,757107
$2,757$3,58395
$3,583$4,655122
$4,655$6,049100
$6,049$7,86047
$7,860$10,21251

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$2,358
Median cash price$3,043
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.29×

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 $3,043.

Alaska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 3 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 $2,995 across 14 hospitalsWA$2,995Idaho: median $5,393 across 10 hospitalsID$5,393Montana: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $4,166 across 30 hospitalsMN$4,166Illinois: median $3,696 across 31 hospitalsIL$3,696Wisconsin: median $4,623 across 41 hospitalsWI$4,623Michigan: median $1,399 across 36 hospitalsMI$1,399New York: median $2,739 across 51 hospitalsNY$2,739Massachusetts: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $1,650 across 19 hospitalsOR$1,650Nevada: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,444 across 33 hospitalsIA$1,444Indiana: median $3,968 across 17 hospitalsIN$3,968Ohio: median $2,607 across 26 hospitalsOH$2,607Pennsylvania: median $1,825 across 25 hospitalsPA$1,825New Jersey: median $3,043 across 33 hospitalsNJ$3,043Connecticut: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $5,044 across 57 hospitalsCA$5,044Utah: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $3,800 across 20 hospitalsCO$3,800Nebraska: median $3,242 across 24 hospitalsNE$3,242Missouri: median $3,735 across 25 hospitalsMO$3,735Kentucky: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $2,267 across 20 hospitalsWV$2,267Virginia: median $4,468 across 13 hospitalsVA$4,468Maryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $2,593 across 25 hospitalsKS$2,593Arkansas: median $2,276 across 14 hospitalsAR$2,276Tennessee: median $1,650 across 16 hospitalsTN$1,650North Carolina: median $2,712 across 15 hospitalsNC$2,712South Carolina: median $3,461 across 18 hospitalsSC$3,461Oklahoma: median $882 across 16 hospitalsOK$882Louisiana: median $1,989 across 26 hospitalsLA$1,989Mississippi: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: median $2,181 across 11 hospitalsAL$2,181Georgia: median $5,834 across 15 hospitalsGA$5,834Hawaii: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $4,302 across 39 hospitalsTX$4,302Florida: median $4,294 across 22 hospitalsFL$4,294
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $3,043. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Georgia GA15$5,834+92%$2,602 – $10,558
Idaho ID10$5,393+77%$1,765 – $5,599
California CA57$5,044+66%$2,003 – $8,624
Wisconsin WI41$4,623+52%$2,694 – $5,240
Virginia VA13$4,468+47%$1,446 – $7,292
Texas TX39$4,302+41%$2,352 – $5,804
Florida FL22$4,294+41%$2,102 – $18,704
Minnesota MN30$4,166+37%$1,755 – $5,006
Indiana IN17$3,968+30%$1,344 – $6,766
Colorado CO20$3,800+25%$1,198 – $6,294
Missouri MO25$3,735+23%$2,181 – $5,641
Illinois IL31$3,696+21%$1,344 – $6,722
South Carolina SC18$3,461+14%$2,234 – $3,461
Nebraska NE24$3,242+7%$1,591 – $5,210
New Jersey NJ33$3,0430%$2,527 – $5,339
Washington WA14$2,995−2%$1,228 – $10,715
New York NY51$2,739−10%$1,825 – $4,595
North Carolina NC15$2,712−11%$907 – $8,033
Ohio OH26$2,607−14%$2,102 – $7,740
Kansas KS25$2,593−15%$1,540 – $3,306
Arkansas AR14$2,276−25%$1,325 – $4,964
West Virginia WV20$2,267−26%$994 – $6,417
Alabama AL11$2,181−28%$1,439 – $3,000
Louisiana LA26$1,989−35%$1,166 – $3,549
Pennsylvania PA25$1,825−40%$329 – $3,856
Tennessee TN16$1,650−46%$833 – $2,986
Oregon OR19$1,650−46%$980 – $5,725
Iowa IA33$1,444−53%$1,358 – $5,699
Michigan MI36$1,399−54%$1,012 – $3,173
Oklahoma OK16$882−71%$882 – $3,684
Montana MT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not 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 $3,043.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care583$3,043$1,433 – $5,804
Children’s11fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access244$3,037$1,344 – $5,240
Ownership
For-profit85$3,197$1,344 – $5,350
Government164$2,699$1,346 – $4,847
Non-profit589$3,173$1,399 – $5,725
System affiliation
Part of a system651$3,295$1,439 – $5,641
Independent187$2,607$1,208 – $4,905

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$5,210
Median cash price$3,043
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

411 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,899 and the average of the middle 60% is $3,037; most fall between $1,285 and $5,240.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 411 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
$909$1,358$2,899$5,006$8,624

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.5× what the cheapest tenth charges ($909 vs $8,624).

Of the 454 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 411 gave a usable cash price; 22 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 21 a list price only.

How complete is this

838 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (21%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 919 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted838
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here51
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 — excluded23
Hospitals that filed this code919

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 W/O 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, “Standard cataract removal with lens implant (CPT 66984) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-66984-standard-cataract-removal-with-lens-implant