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Procedure price report · Lens and cataract procedures

Artificial lens implant placed at a later surgery

CPT 66985the billing code this page is about

Insertion of an artificial lens in an eye that had its natural lens removed previously; the cataract is not removed during this operation.

Hospitals typically charge $2,686 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 428 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,893. Most fall between $1,246 and $5,171 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
428
States
47
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 428 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
$991$1,399$2,686$4,612$8,210

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.3× what the cheapest tenth charges ($991 vs $8,210).

How the prices are spread

$766 – $978: 14 hospitals$766$978 – $1,249: 57 hospitals$1,249 – $1,596: 32 hospitals$1,249$1,596 – $2,039: 33 hospitals$2,039 – $2,604: 47 hospitals$2,039$2,604 – $3,327: 51 hospitals$3,327 – $4,250: 33 hospitals$3,327$4,250 – $5,429: 59 hospitals$5,429 – $6,936: 27 hospitals$5,429$6,936 – $8,860: 35 hospitals$6,936median $2,686price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (388 of 428 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$766$97814
$978$1,24957
$1,249$1,59632
$1,596$2,03933
$2,039$2,60447
$2,604$3,32751
$3,327$4,25033
$4,250$5,42959
$5,429$6,93627
$6,936$8,86035

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$2,358
Median cash price$2,686
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.14×

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 $2,686.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 2 hospitals 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: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $3,422 across 16 hospitalsMN$3,422Illinois: median $1,906 across 15 hospitalsIL$1,906Wisconsin: median $4,612 across 26 hospitalsWI$4,612Michigan: median $1,399 across 25 hospitalsMI$1,399New York: median $2,699 across 41 hospitalsNY$2,699Massachusetts: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 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 $1,906 across 15 hospitalsIA$1,906Indiana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOHPennsylvania: median $570 across 18 hospitalsPA$570New Jersey: median $3,786 across 23 hospitalsNJ$3,786Connecticut: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $8,210 across 43 hospitalsCA$8,210Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $2,325 across 12 hospitalsMO$2,325Kentucky: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $1,153 across 12 hospitalsWV$1,153Virginia: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 4 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: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,246 across 12 hospitalsOK$1,246Louisiana: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $3,457 across 24 hospitalsTX$3,457Florida: median $4,952 across 11 hospitalsFL$4,952
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,686. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA43$8,210+206%$1,206 – $8,210
Florida FL11$4,952+84%$2,854 – $6,017
Wisconsin WI26$4,612+72%$2,525 – $5,663
New Jersey NJ23$3,786+41%$2,524 – $5,419
Texas TX24$3,457+29%$3,333 – $4,772
Minnesota MN16$3,422+27%$2,606 – $3,422
New York NY41$2,6990%$2,180 – $4,595
Missouri MO12$2,325−13%$1,184 – $7,203
Iowa IA15$1,906−29%$1,906 – $1,906
Illinois IL15$1,906−29%$991 – $3,795
Michigan MI25$1,399−48%$1,399 – $3,173
Oklahoma OK12$1,246−54%$1,246 – $1,246
West Virginia WV12$1,153−57%$721 – $2,979
Pennsylvania PA18$570−79%$465 – $3,856
Georgia GA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Ohio OH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not 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 $2,686.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care338$2,686$1,246 – $5,171
Children’s11fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access79$2,917$1,153 – $4,650
Ownership
For-profit42$2,755$1,068 – $6,659
Government62$2,699$1,575 – $5,863
Non-profit324$2,607$1,246 – $4,952
System affiliation
Part of a system348$2,699$1,246 – $5,357
Independent80$2,200$1,361 – $4,317

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,374
Median cash price$2,686
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

239 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,088 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,612; most fall between $1,160 and $4,772.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 239 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
$991$1,206$2,088$4,612$8,210

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.3× what the cheapest tenth charges ($991 vs $8,210).

Of the 256 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 239 gave a usable cash price; 16 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 1 a list price only.

How complete is this

428 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (11%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 472 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted428
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here38
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded5
Hospitals that filed this code472

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 Insj Io Lens Prosthesis Not W/Concurrent Rmvl.

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, “Artificial lens implant placed at a later surgery (CPT 66985) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-66985-artificial-lens-implant-placed-at-a-later-surgery