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 401–450. 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
ACMH HospitalKittanning, PA · CCN 390163	137	$2,057	About average	$1,634	$6,428
East Georgia Regional Medical CenterStatesboro, GA · CCN 110075	218	$2,057	About average	$1,627	$13,397
St Elizabeth Dearborn HospitalLawrenceburg, IN · CCN 150086	86	$2,058	About average	$1,636	$9,733
Catawba Valley Medical CenterHickory, NC · CCN 340143	32	$2,058	About average	$1,640	$12,615
HCA Florida Capital HospitalTallahassee, FL · CCN 100254	60	$2,058	About average	$1,618	$43,420
UPMC JamesonNew Castle, PA · CCN 390016	72	$2,058	About average	$1,635	$7,334
North Okaloosa Medical CenterCrestview, FL · CCN 100122	161	$2,059	About average	$1,627	$26,105
Longview Regional Medical CenterLongview, TX · CCN 450702	243	$2,060	About average	$1,637	$25,944
Central Carolina HospitalSanford, NC · CCN 340020	216	$2,061	About average	$1,642	$16,435
HCA Florida Twin Cities HospitalNiceville, FL · CCN 100054	101	$2,061	About average	$1,632	$32,064
UPMC EastMonroeville, PA · CCN 390328	212	$2,061	About average	$1,637	$18,439
The East Alabama Healthcare AuthorityOpelika, AL · CCN 010029	212	$2,062	About average	$1,642	$3,628
Jackson-Madison County General HospitalJackson, TN · CCN 440002	602	$2,062	About average	$1,635	$7,083
Lovelace Medical CenterAlbuquerque, NM · CCN 320009	56	$2,063	About average	$1,643	$36,757
Northeast Alabama Regional Medical CenterAnniston, AL · CCN 010078	82	$2,063	About average	$1,631	$19,427
Community Hospital Of Anderson And Madison CountyAnderson, IN · CCN 150113	117	$2,063	About average	$1,634	$15,472
University Of Utah Hospital And ClinicsSalt Lake City, UT · CCN 460009	1,739	$2,066	About average	$1,641	$7,056
Community Hospitals And Wellness CentersBryan, OH · CCN 360121	201	$2,066	About average	$1,638	$7,256
Geisinger Medical Center MuncyMuncy, PA · CCN 390337	111	$2,066	About average	$1,643	$7,792
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - TempleTemple, TX · CCN 450054	1,024	$2,067	About average	$1,634	$9,317
Lincoln Surgical HospitalLincoln, NE · CCN 280127	2,109	$2,068	About average	$1,644	$4,946
The Nebraska Medical CenterOmaha, NE · CCN 280013	508	$2,068	About average	$1,641	$11,343
Grady Memorial HospitalDelaware, OH · CCN 360210	106	$2,068	About average	$1,645	$15,176
MercyOne Clinton Medical CenterClinton, IA · CCN 160080	102	$2,068	About average	$1,634	$10,872
Northwest Health-La PorteLa Porte, IN · CCN 150006	566	$2,068	About average	$1,646	$25,244
Intermountain Health Riverton HospitalRiverton, UT · CCN 460058	67	$2,069	About average	$1,641	$8,129
Rex HospitalRaleigh, NC · CCN 340114	1,219	$2,069	About average	$1,640	$10,156
Novant Health Presbyterian Medical CenterCharlotte, NC · CCN 340053	1,169	$2,069	About average	$1,643	$6,555
UT Of Texas Southwestern University Hospital - William P. Clements Jr.Dallas, TX · CCN 450044	701	$2,070	About average	$1,643	$8,088
CHI Health Mercy Council BluffsCouncil Bluffs, IA · CCN 160028	223	$2,070	About average	$1,643	$14,303
Duke Health Lake Norman HospitalMooresville, NC · CCN 340129	364	$2,070	About average	$1,624	$5,279
UPMC MercyPittsburgh, PA · CCN 390028	745	$2,070	About average	$1,646	$16,446
Northwest Health - PorterValparaiso, IN · CCN 150035	793	$2,070	About average	$1,647	$16,932
Henry Ford Health St John HospitalDetroit, MI · CCN 230165	163	$2,071	About average	$1,647	$12,584
Riverside University Health System-Medical CenterMoreno Valley, CA · CCN 050292	26	$2,072	About average	$1,651	$30,292
Ascension St Vincent EvansvilleEvansville, IN · CCN 150100	912	$2,072	About average	$1,647	$17,350
Licking Memorial HospitalNewark, OH · CCN 360218	429	$2,072	About average	$1,648	$11,082
Aurora BayCare Medical CenterGreen Bay, WI · CCN 520193	940	$2,073	About average	$1,642	$9,062
Fairfield Medical CenterLancaster, OH · CCN 360072	179	$2,073	About average	$1,647	$10,026
Mercy Hospital LebanonLebanon, MO · CCN 260059	413	$2,073	About average	$1,647	$4,800
Mercy St Vincent Medical CenterToledo, OH · CCN 360112	225	$2,074	About average	$1,648	$22,557
SSM St Joseph Hospital WestLake Saint Louis, MO · CCN 260200	22	$2,074	About average	$1,652	$11,087
Holy Cross Hospital-DavisLayton, UT · CCN 460041	455	$2,075	About average	$1,649	$10,509
Johnston HealthSmithfield, NC · CCN 340090	308	$2,075	About average	$1,635	$9,742
Cullman Regional Medical CenterCullman, AL · CCN 010035	497	$2,075	About average	$1,646	$7,099
Natchitoches Regional Medical CenterNatchitoches, LA · CCN 190007	110	$2,075	About average	$1,653	$5,899
UPMC St MargaretPittsburgh, PA · CCN 390102	282	$2,076	About average	$1,652	$21,697
Huron Valley-Sinai HospitalCommerce Township, MI · CCN 230277	35	$2,077	About average	$1,649	$27,279
St Clair HospitalPittsburgh, PA · CCN 390228	689	$2,077	About average	$1,654	$9,481
Indiana University Health Arnett HospitalLafayette, IN · CCN 150173	198	$2,078	About average	$1,652	$16,774

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.