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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 851–900. Download as CSV

HospitalCasesAverage paymentvs national averageMedicare paidBilled charge
Presence Saint Joseph Hospital - ChicagoChicago, IL · CCN 140224481$2,263About average$1,802$12,458
Temple Health - Chestnut Hill HospitalPhiladelphia, PA · CCN 39002695$2,264About average$1,804$46,860
Wills Eye HospitalPhiladelphia, PA · CCN 390331871$2,264About average$1,803$10,792
Mercy Catholic Medical Center- Mercy FitzgeraldDarby, PA · CCN 39015615$2,265About average$1,773$18,477
Saint Anthony Medical CenterRockford, IL · CCN 14023392$2,267About average$1,804$11,403
Advocate Sherman HospitalElgin, IL · CCN 140030402$2,267About average$1,805$10,060
SSM Health St Agnes Hospital-Fond Du LacFond Du Lac, WI · CCN 520088277$2,270About average$1,806$9,152
Lehigh Valley HospitalAllentown, PA · CCN 390133511$2,270About average$1,807$16,578
Banner-University Medical Center South CampusTucson, AZ · CCN 03011156$2,272About average$1,811$10,804
HonorHealth Scottsdale Osborn Medical CenterScottsdale, AZ · CCN 03003817$2,272About average$1,811$24,138
Christiana HospitalNewark, DE · CCN 080001139$2,273About average$1,788$11,829
Valleywise Health Medical CenterPhoenix, AZ · CCN 03002233$2,273About average$1,787$12,584
Upson Regional Medical CenterThomaston, GA · CCN 11000228$2,276About average$1,813$13,611
St Johns Medical CenterJackson, WY · CCN 530015142$2,276About average$1,795$4,929
Saint Joseph Hospital-ElginElgin, IL · CCN 14021751$2,276About average$1,812$21,812
Winchester Medical CenterWinchester, VA · CCN 490005206$2,283About average$1,810$6,340
EvergreenHealth MonroeMonroe, WA · CCN 50008440$2,285About average$1,801$7,286
St Anthonys Memorial HospitalEffingham, IL · CCN 140032273$2,286About average$1,818$5,917
Virginia Mason Medical CenterSeattle, WA · CCN 50000579$2,287About average$1,812$6,644
Maine General Medical CenterAugusta, ME · CCN 200039100$2,288About average$1,822$15,209
Sentara RMH Medical CenterHarrisonburg, VA · CCN 49000419$2,292About average$1,803$11,172
Blessing HospitalQuincy, IL · CCN 14001516$2,307About average$1,838$11,096
Mc Donough District HospitalMacomb, IL · CCN 140089241$2,307About average$1,838$10,572
Carle Richland Memorial HospitalOlney, IL · CCN 14014735$2,307About average$1,835$6,557
Avera St Mary's HospitalPierre, SD · CCN 430015177$2,308About average$1,832$10,710
Trinity HospitalsMinot, ND · CCN 350006781$2,313About average$1,837$6,505
Evergreenhealth Medical CenterKirkland, WA · CCN 500124465$2,315About average$1,830$10,779
Lake Region Healthcare CorporationFergus Falls, MN · CCN 240052130$2,323About average$1,851$11,714
Sanford Worthington Medical CenterWorthington, MN · CCN 24002295$2,323About average$1,851$8,512
Winona Health ServicesWinona, MN · CCN 24004469$2,323About average$1,851$3,976
Sanford Bemidji Medical CenterBemidji, MN · CCN 240100623$2,323About average$1,850$9,533
Essentia Health St Marys - Detroit LakesDetroit Lakes, MN · CCN 24010162$2,323About average$1,849$7,271
Mayo Clinic Health System - Albert Lea And AustinAlbert Lea, MN · CCN 240043275$2,325About average$1,846$11,900
Wellspan Waynesboro HospitalWaynesboro, PA · CCN 39013826$2,325About average$1,845$10,538
Tidalhealth Nanticoke, Inc.Seaford, DE · CCN 080006197$2,329About average$1,852$5,456
Brookings Health SystemBrookings, SD · CCN 430008165$2,329About average$1,853$5,390
Providence Holy Family HospitalSpokane, WA · CCN 500077467$2,329About average$1,851$10,102
Temple University HospitalPhiladelphia, PA · CCN 39002777$2,329About average$1,848$41,106
Prairie Lakes Healthcare System, IncWatertown, SD · CCN 430005489$2,332About average$1,856$5,971
George Washington University HospitalWashington, DC · CCN 090001262$2,332About average$1,843$36,447
Harborview Medical CenterSeattle, WA · CCN 500064483$2,333About average$1,857$10,327
Santiam Hospital & ClinicsStayton, OR · CCN 38005621$2,334About average$1,859$17,056
Penn Presbyterian Medical CenterPhiladelphia, PA · CCN 390223618$2,336About average$1,857$27,083
Avera Sacred Heart HospitalYankton, SD · CCN 430012426$2,337About average$1,861$10,531
University Of Washington Medical CenterSeattle, WA · CCN 50000850$2,339About average$1,863$15,030
Monument Health Spearfish HospitalSpearfish, SD · CCN 43004860$2,340About average$1,862$9,250
Evanston Regional HospitalEvanston, WY · CCN 53003222$2,340About average$1,847$9,188
UCHealth Yampa Valley Medical CenterSteamboat Springs, CO · CCN 060049251$2,341About average$1,858$5,750
Mount Nittany Medical CenterState College, PA · CCN 390268574$2,342About average$1,864$5,768
Roger Williams Medical CenterProvidence, RI · CCN 41000456$2,344About average$1,867$10,325

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.