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

Hospitals in Alabama

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Average payment across these 31 hospitals: $1,907National $2,208 · Alabama $1,907
Median hospital: $1,909
Lowest to highest: $878–$2,134
Medicare procedures: 4,825

31 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare procedures for this in 2024. 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
Athens Limestone HospitalAthens, AL · CCN 010079	139	$878	60% below the national average	$694	$7,494
Baldwin HealthFoley, AL · CCN 010083	29	$1,779	19% below the national average	$1,379	$30,716
Fayette Medical CenterFayette, AL · CCN 010045	47	$1,804	18% below the national average	$1,410	$10,514
Community Hospital IncTallassee, AL · CCN 010034	22	$1,815	18% below the national average	$1,417	$4,571
Helen Keller HospitalSheffield, AL · CCN 010019	136	$1,842	17% below the national average	$1,454	$5,336
Citizens Baptist Medical CenterTalladega, AL · CCN 010101	38	$1,852	16% below the national average	$1,453	$27,731
St Vincent's St ClairPell City, AL · CCN 010130	170	$1,858	16% below the national average	$1,459	$14,579
North Mississippi Health Services - South MarionWinfield, AL · CCN 010086	157	$1,863	16% below the national average	$1,475	$5,109
Russell Medical CenterAlexander City, AL · CCN 010065	201	$1,864	16% below the national average	$1,471	$5,830
Coosa Valley Medical CenterSylacauga, AL · CCN 010164	120	$1,870	15% below the national average	$1,475	$9,130
Mizell Memorial HospitalOpp, AL · CCN 010007	52	$1,883	15% below the national average	$1,492	$4,269
Medical West, An Affiliate Of UAB Health SystemBessemer, AL · CCN 010114	52	$1,889	14% below the national average	$1,489	$12,861
Mobile Infirmary Medical CenterMobile, AL · CCN 010113	89	$1,898	14% below the national average	$1,495	$5,298
North Alabama Shoals HospitalMuscle Shoals, AL · CCN 010157	108	$1,907	14% below the national average	$1,504	$10,607
St Vincent's ChiltonClanton, AL · CCN 010173	162	$1,908	14% below the national average	$1,512	$9,024
Marion Regional Medical CenterHamilton, AL · CCN 010044	70	$1,909	14% below the national average	$1,516	$11,300
Clay County HospitalAshland, AL · CCN 010073	32	$1,909	14% below the national average	$1,514	$9,181
Callahan Eye HospitalBirmingham, AL · CCN 010018	1,304	$1,920	13% below the national average	$1,523	$10,067
Elmore Community HospitalWetumpka, AL · CCN 010097	38	$1,926	13% below the national average	$1,520	$9,104
USA Health HCA Providence Hospital, LLCMobile, AL · CCN 010090	242	$1,930	13% below the national average	$1,534	$4,981
Huntsville HospitalHuntsville, AL · CCN 010039	88	$1,934	12% below the national average	$1,533	$9,105
Walker Baptist Medical CenterJasper, AL · CCN 010089	270	$1,936	12% below the national average	$1,514	$30,289
St Vincent's BirminghamBirmingham, AL · CCN 010056	167	$1,936	12% below the national average	$1,541	$13,878
Bibb Medical CenterCentreville, AL · CCN 010058	25	$1,945	12% below the national average	$1,550	$3,374
Andalusia HealthAndalusia, AL · CCN 010036	154	$1,973	11% below the national average	$1,563	$11,430
DeKalb Regional Medical CenterFort Payne, AL · CCN 010012	41	$2,026	About average	$1,611	$12,330
Vaughan Regional Medical Center Parkway CampusSelma, AL · CCN 010118	49	$2,036	About average	$1,615	$11,800
The East Alabama Healthcare AuthorityOpelika, AL · CCN 010029	212	$2,062	About average	$1,642	$3,628
Northeast Alabama Regional Medical CenterAnniston, AL · CCN 010078	82	$2,063	About average	$1,631	$19,427
Cullman Regional Medical CenterCullman, AL · CCN 010035	497	$2,075	About average	$1,646	$7,099
Highlands Medical CenterScottsboro, AL · CCN 010061	32	$2,134	About average	$1,700	$6,275

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.