Outpatient procedure · APC 5491 · Surgery or procedure

Level 1 Intraocular Procedures

In 2024, Medicare and patients paid an average of $2,208 per procedure at 1,174 hospitals. Half of hospitals averaged between $2,008 and $2,312.

Also known as: Cataract surgery, eye surgery, glaucoma surgery

National figures, 2024

Average payment per case: $2,208
Typical range (middle half of hospitals): $2,008–$2,312
Medicare’s share: $1,75279% of the payment
Average billed charge: $13,330
Hospitals reporting: 1,174275,392 procedures

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1,169 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare procedures for this in 2024; showing 701–750. Download as CSV

Medicare payments per case for Level 1 Intraocular Procedures by hospital, 2024
Hospital	Cases	Average payment	vs national average	Medicare paid	Billed charge
Memorial Satilla HealthWaycross, GA · CCN 110003	141	$2,166	About average	$1,720	$21,929
Aurora Memorial Hospital BurlingtonBurlington, WI · CCN 520059	705	$2,167	About average	$1,721	$16,531
Methodist Fremont HealthFremont, NE · CCN 280077	282	$2,169	About average	$1,727	$5,988
Black Hills Surgical Hospital LLCRapid City, SD · CCN 430091	248	$2,169	About average	$1,722	$4,705
Essentia Health VirginiaVirginia, MN · CCN 240084	33	$2,169	About average	$1,726	$6,599
Franciscan Health MunsterMunster, IN · CCN 150165	307	$2,170	About average	$1,723	$16,135
Humboldt Park HealthChicago, IL · CCN 140206	40	$2,170	About average	$1,729	$14,454
West Suburban Medical CenterOak Park, IL · CCN 140049	173	$2,170	About average	$1,726	$16,802
Northwestern Medicine MCHenryMchenry, IL · CCN 140116	165	$2,170	About average	$1,719	$14,521
Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical CenterWilmington, NC · CCN 340141	50	$2,172	About average	$1,730	$13,890
Advocate Trinity HospitalChicago, IL · CCN 140048	389	$2,173	About average	$1,720	$15,047
Harrisburg Medical CenterHarrisburg, IL · CCN 140210	109	$2,173	About average	$1,703	$17,283
Froedtert Memorial Lutheran HospitalMilwaukee, WI · CCN 520177	274	$2,174	About average	$1,728	$13,115
Christus Southern New MexicoAlamogordo, NM · CCN 320004	21	$2,174	About average	$1,703	$13,950
Great Falls Clinic HospitalGreat Falls, MT · CCN 270086	485	$2,174	About average	$1,725	$13,252
Munson Healthcare Grayling HospitalGrayling, MI · CCN 230058	170	$2,174	About average	$1,732	$9,037
Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia HospitalPhiladelphia, PA · CCN 390142	73	$2,174	About average	$1,717	$9,509
Essentia HealthFargo, ND · CCN 350070	168	$2,174	About average	$1,730	$7,511
St. Patrick HospitalMissoula, MT · CCN 270014	177	$2,175	About average	$1,724	$7,322
The Monroe ClinicMonroe, WI · CCN 520028	327	$2,175	About average	$1,732	$13,348
Aspirus Divine Savior HospitalPortage, WI · CCN 520041	212	$2,175	About average	$1,731	$9,744
Dunes Surgical HospitalDakota Dunes, SD · CCN 430089	187	$2,176	About average	$1,730	$5,864
Phelps County Regional Medical CenterRolla, MO · CCN 260017	173	$2,176	About average	$1,724	$12,179
Main Line Hospital LankenauWynnewood, PA · CCN 390195	38	$2,177	About average	$1,717	$13,053
Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage HospitalWinfield, IL · CCN 140242	100	$2,177	About average	$1,728	$30,489
Sarah Bush Lincoln Health CenterMattoon, IL · CCN 140189	688	$2,179	About average	$1,732	$7,451
Advocate Good Shepherd HospitalBarrington, IL · CCN 140291	866	$2,179	About average	$1,731	$9,427
Sanford Medical Center FargoFargo, ND · CCN 350011	450	$2,179	About average	$1,735	$7,596
Tawas St Joseph HospitalTawas City, MI · CCN 230100	196	$2,179	About average	$1,731	$5,914
Mainehealth Mid Coast HospitalBrunswick, ME · CCN 200021	332	$2,179	About average	$1,731	$9,956
LmhLawrence, KS · CCN 170137	107	$2,180	About average	$1,737	$14,489
Bates County Memorial HospitalButler, MO · CCN 260034	53	$2,180	About average	$1,737	$17,119
Golden Valley Memorial HospitalClinton, MO · CCN 260175	90	$2,180	About average	$1,733	$11,286
Portneuf Medical CenterPocatello, ID · CCN 130028	55	$2,181	About average	$1,721	$22,778
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical CenterChicago, IL · CCN 140182	463	$2,182	About average	$1,729	$11,077
Mt Sinai Hospital Medical CenterChicago, IL · CCN 140018	53	$2,183	About average	$1,726	$17,986
Inova Fair Oaks HospitalFairfax, VA · CCN 490101	35	$2,185	About average	$1,741	$13,303
Community HospitalMunster, IN · CCN 150125	281	$2,185	About average	$1,740	$13,940
Pottstown HospitalPottstown, PA · CCN 390123	107	$2,186	About average	$1,739	$11,551
Physicians Care Surgical HospitalRoyersford, PA · CCN 390324	186	$2,186	About average	$1,736	$12,188
Corewell Health Ludington HospitalLudington, MI · CCN 230110	184	$2,188	About average	$1,737	$9,034
Mymichigan Medical Center AlpenaAlpena, MI · CCN 230036	238	$2,188	About average	$1,742	$6,913
St Lukes HospitalDuluth, MN · CCN 240047	607	$2,188	About average	$1,739	$6,382
Mercyhealth Hospital & Physician Clinic-Crystal LaCrystal Lake, IL · CCN 140308	149	$2,189	About average	$1,735	$13,044
McLaren FlintFlint, MI · CCN 230141	15	$2,189	About average	$1,723	$6,260
Advocate Condell Medical CenterLibertyville, IL · CCN 140202	724	$2,190	About average	$1,742	$18,885
Fairview Northland Regional HospitalPrinceton, MN · CCN 240141	97	$2,191	About average	$1,736	$12,001
Chelsea HospitalChelsea, MI · CCN 230259	11	$2,191	About average	$1,746	$13,512
M Health Fairview University Of Mn Medical CenterMinneapolis, MN · CCN 240080	28	$2,191	About average	$1,746	$15,781
Sturgis HospitalSturgis, MI · CCN 230779	99	$2,192	About average	$1,760	$5,286

National trend

Average payment and billed charge per procedure, and how many Medicare procedures were reported each year.

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Average billed charge

2020: 303,574 procedures at 1,440 hospitals · 2021: 341,836 procedures at 1,390 hospitals · 2022: 327,200 procedures at 1,330 hospitals · 2023: 300,166 procedures at 1,274 hospitals · 2024: 275,392 procedures at 1,174 hospitals

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National average payment and billed charge for Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
Year of care	Average payment	Average billed charge
2020	$2,009	$11K
2021	$2,084	$11K
2022	$2,104	$12K
2023	$2,122	$13K
2024	$2,208	$13K

By state, 2024

Case-weighted average payment across each state’s reporting hospitals, lowest first.

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Average payment by state for Level 1 Intraocular Procedures, 2024
State	Hospitals	Cases	Average payment	Typical range
Vermont	5	1,365	$1,109	$1,083–$1,377
Mississippi	12	1,732	$1,738	$1,903–$2,002
South Carolina	13	3,827	$1,770	$1,983–$1,996
New Mexico	5	990	$1,781	$1,990–$2,063
Ohio	51	13,884	$1,898	$1,967–$2,067
Alabama	31	4,825	$1,907	$1,863–$1,941
Kansas	18	4,409	$1,923	$1,989–$2,118
Tennessee	25	3,090	$1,924	$1,896–$1,989
Louisiana	36	7,147	$1,951	$1,904–$1,974
West Virginia	15	3,623	$1,954	$1,928–$2,038
Missouri	27	5,635	$1,956	$2,014–$2,133
Pennsylvania	64	15,080	$1,974	$2,078–$2,234
Nebraska	5	3,401	$1,974	$2,068–$2,100
Kentucky	29	4,512	$1,995	$1,955–$2,004
Arkansas	10	1,988	$1,998	$1,983–$2,088
Florida	28	5,055	$2,005	$2,060–$2,111
Oklahoma	27	4,402	$2,020	$1,962–$2,022
Iowa	18	5,707	$2,033	$1,986–$2,111
Georgia	39	5,409	$2,050	$1,959–$2,132
Michigan	52	8,395	$2,051	$2,030–$2,150
Texas	69	14,253	$2,069	$2,003–$2,148
Utah	16	3,812	$2,084	$2,062–$2,117
North Carolina	52	17,278	$2,087	$2,028–$2,100
Virginia	29	8,560	$2,088	$1,998–$2,154
Indiana	31	7,128	$2,093	$2,066–$2,127
Idaho	2	178	$2,114	$2,108–$2,157
Maine	7	845	$2,121	$2,071–$2,162
Wisconsin	43	10,839	$2,122	$2,096–$2,192
Montana	4	1,118	$2,155	$2,149–$2,174
Wyoming	3	828	$2,156	$2,200–$2,308
Alaska	4	544	$2,159	$2,038–$2,545
Illinois	71	18,582	$2,182	$2,154–$2,234
Colorado	13	3,761	$2,229	$2,218–$2,345
North Dakota	3	1,399	$2,253	$2,177–$2,246
Arizona	7	712	$2,260	$2,265–$2,328
Minnesota	28	6,855	$2,279	$2,200–$2,323
South Dakota	8	1,896	$2,280	$2,174–$2,334
Delaware	2	336	$2,305	$2,287–$2,315
New Hampshire	6	1,787	$2,306	$2,217–$2,329
District of Columbia	3	587	$2,345	$2,340–$2,355
Rhode Island	4	434	$2,362	$2,360–$2,365
Washington	15	4,590	$2,422	$2,331–$2,483
Oregon	9	2,473	$2,455	$2,421–$2,526
Massachusetts	22	8,017	$2,488	$2,476–$2,503
New Jersey	20	2,849	$2,551	$2,440–$2,626
Connecticut	16	4,232	$2,561	$2,575–$2,600
New York	75	21,019	$2,571	$2,471–$2,640
Hawaii	2	159	$2,705	$2,633–$2,791
Nevada	1	12	$2,829	$2,829–$2,829
California	99	25,833	$2,982	$2,855–$3,215

About these numbers

Average payment is what Medicare paid plus the patient’s deductible and coinsurance (and any other insurer), averaged over the hospital’s Medicare cases. It covers the hospital’s part of the care; doctors bill separately. For outpatient procedures it is Medicare’s allowed amount, which leaves out extra “outlier” payments for unusually costly cases; those are shown under the hospital name where CMS reported any, and included in the CSV. Billed charges are the hospital’s list prices, which few patients pay.

Medicare sets its payments by formula, adjusting for local wages, teaching programs, the share of low-income patients and unusually costly cases. Those adjustments drive most differences between hospitals, so a lower payment doesn’t mean better or worse care, and Medicare patients’ own costs usually vary much less than the totals. Private insurance pays different, usually higher, prices.

Source: CMS Medicare Outpatient Hospitals by Provider and Service (Medicare fee-for-service claims). CMS omits hospitals with fewer than 11 procedures. More in the glossary.