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 251–300. 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
Lakes Regional HealthcareSpirit Lake, IA · CCN 160124	251	$1,993	About average	$1,587	$5,040
Insight Hospital And Medical Center ColdwaterColdwater, MI · CCN 230022	50	$1,993	About average	$1,574	$8,898
MercyOne Waterloo Medical CenterWaterloo, IA · CCN 160067	75	$1,993	About average	$1,585	$12,134
Mary Greeley Medical CenterAmes, IA · CCN 160030	646	$1,994	About average	$1,585	$9,892
University Medical CenterLubbock, TX · CCN 450686	138	$1,996	About average	$1,571	$24,143
Sentara Leigh HospitalNorfolk, VA · CCN 490046	345	$1,996	About average	$1,580	$13,856
McLeod Loris HospitalLoris, SC · CCN 420105	43	$1,996	About average	$1,590	$4,213
Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton HospitalTullahoma, TN · CCN 440144	39	$1,996	About average	$1,590	$17,838
Cherokee Medical CenterGaffney, SC · CCN 420043	17	$1,996	About average	$1,590	$13,675
Conway Medical CenterConway, SC · CCN 420049	34	$1,996	About average	$1,590	$13,620
Connally Memorial Medical CenterFloresville, TX · CCN 450108	62	$1,996	About average	$1,585	$14,284
University Of Louisville HospitalLouisville, KY · CCN 180141	141	$1,996	About average	$1,587	$14,503
Tift Regional Medical CenterTifton, GA · CCN 110095	94	$1,997	About average	$1,591	$11,873
Ascension Seton SmithvilleSmithville, TX · CCN 450143	88	$1,997	About average	$1,580	$21,400
Peterson Regional Medical CenterKerrville, TX · CCN 450007	325	$1,997	About average	$1,584	$6,682
Purcell Municipal HospitalPurcell, OK · CCN 370158	261	$1,997	About average	$1,588	$9,961
Christus Mother Frances HospitalTyler, TX · CCN 450102	732	$1,998	About average	$1,587	$28,529
John Randolph Medical CenterHopewell, VA · CCN 490020	55	$1,998	About average	$1,586	$52,161
Midland Memorial HospitalMidland, TX · CCN 450133	43	$1,999	About average	$1,588	$14,293
Northwest Missississippi Regional Medical CenterClarksdale, MS · CCN 250042	37	$1,999	About average	$1,590	$16,148
Byrd Regional HospitalLeesville, LA · CCN 190164	53	$1,999	About average	$1,593	$12,971
Mercy Regional Medical CenterVille Platte, LA · CCN 190167	62	$1,999	About average	$1,591	$7,826
Lake Charles Memorial HospitalLake Charles, LA · CCN 190060	87	$1,999	About average	$1,588	$13,035
Cary Medical CenterCaribou, ME · CCN 200031	46	$2,000	About average	$1,591	$6,905
Valley View Medical CenterFort Mohave, AZ · CCN 030117	24	$2,000	About average	$1,529	$22,564
Hugh Chatham Memorial HospitalElkin, NC · CCN 340097	130	$2,000	About average	$1,586	$10,805
OneCore HealthOklahoma City, OK · CCN 370220	206	$2,000	About average	$1,592	$18,827
Sentara Careplex HospitalHampton, VA · CCN 490093	64	$2,002	About average	$1,590	$13,415
Rio Grande Regional HospitalMcallen, TX · CCN 450711	85	$2,003	About average	$1,592	$22,360
Truman Medical Center Hospital HillKansas City, MO · CCN 260048	180	$2,003	About average	$1,589	$6,772
Georgetown Community HospitalGeorgetown, KY · CCN 180101	183	$2,004	About average	$1,592	$17,644
Doctors Hosptal At RenaissanceEdinburg, TX · CCN 450869	367	$2,005	About average	$1,588	$11,428
Betsy Johnson Regional HospitalDunn, NC · CCN 340071	274	$2,005	About average	$1,592	$4,924
Clinch Valley Medical CenterRichlands, VA · CCN 490060	22	$2,006	About average	$1,598	$18,518
Johnston Memorial HospitalAbingdon, VA · CCN 490053	259	$2,006	About average	$1,595	$17,849
Smyth County Community HospitalMarion, VA · CCN 490038	50	$2,006	About average	$1,595	$17,285
Crozer Chester Medical CenterUpland, PA · CCN 390180	1,052	$2,006	About average	$1,596	$7,783
Riverside Walter Reed HospitalGloucester, VA · CCN 490130	227	$2,006	About average	$1,598	$10,625
The Physicians CentreBryan, TX · CCN 450834	309	$2,006	About average	$1,593	$6,559
Maria Parham Medical CenterHenderson, NC · CCN 340132	153	$2,007	About average	$1,593	$17,314
Mercy Health - West HospitalCincinnati, OH · CCN 360234	574	$2,007	About average	$1,595	$13,261
Stormont Vail HospitalTopeka, KS · CCN 170086	175	$2,007	About average	$1,589	$11,671
Ascension St John Medical CenterTulsa, OK · CCN 370114	94	$2,008	About average	$1,600	$11,446
Community Hospital, LLCOklahoma City, OK · CCN 370203	58	$2,008	About average	$1,600	$19,287
Hillcrest Medical CenterTulsa, OK · CCN 370001	34	$2,008	About average	$1,600	$17,615
Integris Health Edmond HospitalEdmond, OK · CCN 370236	70	$2,008	About average	$1,600	$14,710
Metro Nashville General HospitalNashville, TN · CCN 440111	16	$2,008	About average	$1,600	$7,019
Uofl Health - Shelbyville HospitalShelbyville, KY · CCN 180016	17	$2,008	About average	$1,591	$7,583
Tristar Skyline Medical CenterNashville, TN · CCN 440006	12	$2,008	About average	$1,587	$19,957
Wilkes Regional Medical CenterNorth Wilkesboro, NC · CCN 340064	165	$2,008	About average	$1,594	$20,240

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.