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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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Specific hospitals up to 10

1,169 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare procedures for this in 2024; showing 751–800. Download as CSV

HospitalCasesAverage paymentvs national averageMedicare paidBilled charge
Aurora Medical Center KenoshaKenosha, WI · CCN 52018960$2,192About average$1,746$26,215
Presence St Marys HospitalKankakee, IL · CCN 140155124$2,192About average$1,745$15,607
Froedtert South Inc.Kenosha, WI · CCN 520021374$2,192About average$1,744$12,052
SSM Health St Mary's Hospital - JanesvilleJanesville, WI · CCN 520208283$2,192About average$1,744$9,877
AdventHealth Castle RockCastle Rock, CO · CCN 060125314$2,192About average$1,741$9,876
Park Nicollet Methodist HospitalSaint Louis Park, MN · CCN 240053757$2,193About average$1,740$12,139
Ascension Columbia St Marys Hospital MilwaukeeMilwaukee, WI · CCN 520051367$2,193About average$1,747$11,900
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital StephenvillStephenville, TX · CCN 450351357$2,193About average$1,735$11,087
Parkland Health CenterFarmington, MO · CCN 260163375$2,195About average$1,742$8,290
Mayo Clinic Health System-Franciscan Medical Center IncLa Crosse, WI · CCN 52000426$2,195About average$1,749$11,926
John H Stroger Jr HospitalChicago, IL · CCN 140124 · +$1,770 outlier payments per case98$2,197About average$1,742$11,828
Rush Oak Park HospitalOak Park, IL · CCN 140063111$2,197About average$1,744$16,390
Munson Healthcare Manistee HospitalManistee, MI · CCN 23030392$2,197About average$1,750$6,428
United Hospital Center, IncBridgeport, WV · CCN 510006248$2,198About average$1,744$7,012
Vista Medical Center EastWaukegan, IL · CCN 140084127$2,199About average$1,752$22,845
Northwestern Lake Forest HospitalLake Forest, IL · CCN 140130458$2,199About average$1,752$19,899
Abbott Northwestern HospitalMinneapolis, MN · CCN 240057217$2,203About average$1,748$9,948
UNC Lenoir Health CareKinston, NC · CCN 340027395$2,204About average$1,750$6,496
Aspirus Rhinelander HospitalRhinelander, WI · CCN 520019316$2,205About average$1,749$7,460
Castleview HospitalPrice, UT · CCN 460011176$2,206About average$1,746$7,155
Animas Surgical Hospital, LLCDurango, CO · CCN 0601171,101$2,206About average$1,753$11,078
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth GlenoaksGlendale Heights, IL · CCN 140292187$2,207About average$1,758$13,640
University Of Colorado Hospital AuthorityAurora, CO · CCN 0600241,457$2,207About average$1,755$10,994
Regions HospitalSaint Paul, MN · CCN 240106455$2,208About average$1,755$8,268
Marshfield Medical CenterMarshfield, WI · CCN 520037147$2,209About average$1,754$8,530
Aurora Medical Center Bay AreaMarinette, WI · CCN 520113157$2,210About average$1,751$11,243
MacNeal HospitalBerwyn, IL · CCN 140054192$2,210About average$1,748$12,970
Buffalo HospitalBuffalo, MN · CCN 240076306$2,210About average$1,756$8,909
Uintah Basin Medical CenterRoosevelt, UT · CCN 46001971$2,211About average$1,753$6,359
Owatonna HospitalOwatonna, MN · CCN 24006942$2,211About average$1,761$11,253
Essentia Health St Mary's Medical CenterDuluth, MN · CCN 24000211$2,211About average$1,761$14,168
Mayo Clinic Health System Eau Claire HospitalEau Claire, WI · CCN 52007012$2,211About average$1,761$11,244
Missouri Delta Medical CenterSikeston, MO · CCN 260113152$2,212About average$1,747$8,931
Loretto HospitalChicago, IL · CCN 14008312$2,212About average$1,763$8,674
Methodist Hospital Of ChicagoChicago, IL · CCN 14019721$2,212About average$1,763$5,557
Palos Community HospitalPalos Heights, IL · CCN 14006220$2,212About average$1,763$16,037
Swedish HospitalChicago, IL · CCN 14011492$2,212About average$1,762$15,579
Uchicago Medicine AdventHealth La GrangeLa Grange, IL · CCN 140065291$2,213About average$1,761$11,530
Silver Cross Hospital And Medical CentersNew Lenox, IL · CCN 14021347$2,213About average$1,760$8,552
Louis A Weiss Memorial HospitalChicago, IL · CCN 14008244$2,213About average$1,759$31,188
Advocate Christ Hospital & Medical CenterOak Lawn, IL · CCN 140208112$2,213About average$1,758$13,330
Provident Hospital Of ChicagoChicago, IL · CCN 14030092$2,213About average$1,755$8,497
Advocate Lutheran General HospitalPark Ridge, IL · CCN 14022314$2,213About average$1,752$18,131
Saint Anthony HospitalChicago, IL · CCN 14009519$2,213About average$1,748$10,267
Thorek Memorial HospitalChicago, IL · CCN 14011597$2,213About average$1,738$11,894
Allina United HospitalSaint Paul, MN · CCN 240038154$2,216About average$1,762$8,568
Wentworth-Douglass HospitalDover, NH · CCN 30001899$2,216About average$1,760$11,706
Cheshire Medical CenterKeene, NH · CCN 300019573$2,218About average$1,762$10,398
AdventHealth AvistaLouisville, CO · CCN 060103125$2,218About average$1,767$14,579
Longmont United HospitalLongmont, CO · CCN 06000312$2,218About average$1,767$19,896

National trend

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

  • Average payment
  • 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
View data as a table
Year of careAverage paymentAverage 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.

Show all 50 states
StateHospitalsCasesAverage paymentTypical range
Vermont51,365$1,109$1,083–$1,377
Mississippi121,732$1,738$1,903–$2,002
South Carolina133,827$1,770$1,983–$1,996
New Mexico5990$1,781$1,990–$2,063
Ohio5113,884$1,898$1,967–$2,067
Alabama314,825$1,907$1,863–$1,941
Kansas184,409$1,923$1,989–$2,118
Tennessee253,090$1,924$1,896–$1,989
Louisiana367,147$1,951$1,904–$1,974
West Virginia153,623$1,954$1,928–$2,038
Missouri275,635$1,956$2,014–$2,133
Pennsylvania6415,080$1,974$2,078–$2,234
Nebraska53,401$1,974$2,068–$2,100
Kentucky294,512$1,995$1,955–$2,004
Arkansas101,988$1,998$1,983–$2,088
Florida285,055$2,005$2,060–$2,111
Oklahoma274,402$2,020$1,962–$2,022
Iowa185,707$2,033$1,986–$2,111
Georgia395,409$2,050$1,959–$2,132
Michigan528,395$2,051$2,030–$2,150
Texas6914,253$2,069$2,003–$2,148
Utah163,812$2,084$2,062–$2,117
North Carolina5217,278$2,087$2,028–$2,100
Virginia298,560$2,088$1,998–$2,154
Indiana317,128$2,093$2,066–$2,127
Idaho2178$2,114$2,108–$2,157
Maine7845$2,121$2,071–$2,162
Wisconsin4310,839$2,122$2,096–$2,192
Montana41,118$2,155$2,149–$2,174
Wyoming3828$2,156$2,200–$2,308
Alaska4544$2,159$2,038–$2,545
Illinois7118,582$2,182$2,154–$2,234
Colorado133,761$2,229$2,218–$2,345
North Dakota31,399$2,253$2,177–$2,246
Arizona7712$2,260$2,265–$2,328
Minnesota286,855$2,279$2,200–$2,323
South Dakota81,896$2,280$2,174–$2,334
Delaware2336$2,305$2,287–$2,315
New Hampshire61,787$2,306$2,217–$2,329
District of Columbia3587$2,345$2,340–$2,355
Rhode Island4434$2,362$2,360–$2,365
Washington154,590$2,422$2,331–$2,483
Oregon92,473$2,455$2,421–$2,526
Massachusetts228,017$2,488$2,476–$2,503
New Jersey202,849$2,551$2,440–$2,626
Connecticut164,232$2,561$2,575–$2,600
New York7521,019$2,571$2,471–$2,640
Hawaii2159$2,705$2,633–$2,791
Nevada112$2,829$2,829–$2,829
California9925,833$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.