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 901–950. 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
Delta County Memorial HospitalDelta, CO · CCN 060071	217	$2,345	About average	$1,862	$4,435
MedStar Washington Hospital CenterWashington, DC · CCN 090011	152	$2,347	About average	$1,861	$13,960
Pennsylvania HospitalPhiladelphia, PA · CCN 390226	239	$2,348	About average	$1,870	$16,681
UNC Health Care WayneGoldsboro, NC · CCN 340010	433	$2,348	About average	$1,865	$9,115
John T Mather Memorial Hospital Of Port JeffersonPort Jefferson, NY · CCN 330185	162	$2,353	About average	$1,823	$13,830
Tacoma General Allenmore HospitalTacoma, WA · CCN 500129	123	$2,354	About average	$1,865	$18,491
Concord Hospital- LaconiaLaconia, NH · CCN 300005	95	$2,361	About average	$1,877	$8,842
Howard University Hospital CorpWashington, DC · CCN 090003	173	$2,363	About average	$1,873	$10,611
Peconic Bay Medical CenterRiverhead, NY · CCN 330107	886	$2,363	About average	$1,834	$14,300
Westerly HospitalWesterly, RI · CCN 410013	112	$2,365	About average	$1,884	$9,422
Our Lady Of Fatima HospitalNorth Providence, RI · CCN 410005	87	$2,365	About average	$1,883	$5,863
Rhode Island HospitalProvidence, RI · CCN 410007	179	$2,365	About average	$1,882	$5,449
Centracare - St. Cloud HospitalSaint Cloud, MN · CCN 240036	12	$2,368	About average	$1,886	$12,708
Overlake Hospital Medical Center & ClinicsBellevue, WA · CCN 500051	184	$2,370	About average	$1,886	$10,923
Mercy Regional Medical CenterDurango, CO · CCN 060013	41	$2,376	About average	$1,893	$11,032
San Luis Valley Regional Medical CenterAlamosa, CO · CCN 060008	66	$2,376	About average	$1,893	$5,933
Valley View Hospital AssociationGlenwood Springs, CO · CCN 060075	15	$2,376	About average	$1,893	$6,043
Mayo Clinic Hospital RochesterRochester, MN · CCN 240010	1,732	$2,376	About average	$1,888	$10,722
Mayo Clinic Health System - MankatoMankato, MN · CCN 240093	445	$2,377	About average	$1,889	$7,062
Mary Hitchcock Memorial HospitalLebanon, NH · CCN 300003	922	$2,377	About average	$1,892	$12,304
UMass Memorial HealthAlliance HospitalsLeominster, MA · CCN 220001	32	$2,378	About average	$1,869	$16,711
Valley Medical CenterRenton, WA · CCN 500088	38	$2,380	About average	$1,896	$23,088
Yuma Regional Medical CenterYuma, AZ · CCN 030013	38	$2,383	About average	$1,886	$15,829
Clara Maass Medical CenterBelleville, NJ · CCN 310009	154	$2,387	About average	$1,878	$12,394
Mayo Clinic Health System - FairmontFairmont, MN · CCN 240166	15	$2,389	About average	$1,903	$12,501
Legacy Good Samaritan Medical CenterPortland, OR · CCN 380017	427	$2,391	About average	$1,892	$13,090
Palomar Medical Center PowayPoway, CA · CCN 050636	73	$2,396	About average	$1,814	$22,660
Northern Westchester HospitalMount Kisco, NY · CCN 330162	29	$2,404	About average	$1,865	$11,027
Providence Alaska Medical CenterAnchorage, AK · CCN 020001	131	$2,405	About average	$1,916	$15,751
Mount Auburn HospitalCambridge, MA · CCN 220002	47	$2,418	About average	$1,906	$4,572
St Luke's Warren HospitalPhillipsburg, NJ · CCN 310060	249	$2,418	About average	$1,918	$21,138
Providence Milwaukie HospitalMilwaukie, OR · CCN 380082	159	$2,421	About average	$1,921	$10,745
Saratoga HospitalSaratoga Springs, NY · CCN 330222	133	$2,427	About average	$1,924	$11,761
Warren General HospitalWarren, PA · CCN 390146	67	$2,429	10% above the national average	$1,920	$6,623
Strong Memorial HospitalRochester, NY · CCN 330285	527	$2,431	10% above the national average	$1,931	$11,125
PeaceHealth Southwest Medical CenteVancouver, WA · CCN 500050	138	$2,431	10% above the national average	$1,928	$6,890
Providence St Vincent Medical CenterPortland, OR · CCN 380004	161	$2,433	10% above the national average	$1,934	$10,911
Flagstaff Medical CenterFlagstaff, AZ · CCN 030023	11	$2,434	10% above the national average	$1,939	$8,402
Nyack HospitalNyack, NY · CCN 330104	21	$2,439	10% above the national average	$1,890	$20,801
Community Medical CenterToms River, NJ · CCN 310041	24	$2,440	11% above the national average	$1,944	$13,390
Jefferson Stratford HospitalStratford, NJ · CCN 310086	12	$2,440	11% above the national average	$1,944	$15,622
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital At RahwayRahway, NJ · CCN 310024	62	$2,440	11% above the national average	$1,944	$19,809
Capital Health Medical Center - HopewellPennington, NJ · CCN 310044	97	$2,440	11% above the national average	$1,943	$49,562
OHSU Hospital And ClinicsPortland, OR · CCN 380009	712	$2,440	11% above the national average	$1,942	$8,597
Trinitas Regional Medical CenterElizabeth, NJ · CCN 310027	42	$2,440	11% above the national average	$1,930	$22,186
Hillsboro Medical CenterHillsboro, OR · CCN 380021	386	$2,440	11% above the national average	$1,943	$5,658
Greenwich Hospital Association -Greenwich, CT · CCN 070018	715	$2,444	11% above the national average	$1,945	$9,736
Nathan Littauer HospitalGloversville, NY · CCN 330276	167	$2,447	11% above the national average	$1,944	$7,181
United Health Services Hospitals, IncBinghamton, NY · CCN 330394	93	$2,450	11% above the national average	$1,946	$11,695
Corning HospitalCorning, NY · CCN 330277	378	$2,450	11% above the national average	$1,946	$6,302

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

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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.