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 Georgia

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Average payment across these 39 hospitals: $2,050National $2,208 · Georgia $2,050
Median hospital: $2,092
Lowest to highest: $970–$2,276
Medicare procedures: 5,409

39 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
Northside Hospital CherokeeCanton, GA · CCN 110008	158	$970	56% below the national average	$768	$14,516
Piedmont Columbus Regional MidtownColumbus, GA · CCN 110064	33	$1,827	17% below the national average	$1,418	$28,200
Navicent Health BaldwinMilledgeville, GA · CCN 110150	234	$1,908	14% below the national average	$1,510	$9,177
Wellstar McG Health, Affiliated With Medical ColAugusta, GA · CCN 110034	44	$1,918	13% below the national average	$1,523	$18,615
St Joseph's Hospital - SavannahSavannah, GA · CCN 110043	128	$1,936	12% below the national average	$1,535	$7,985
Ty Cobb Regional Medical Center, LLCLavonia, GA · CCN 110027	55	$1,941	12% below the national average	$1,541	$6,083
Dodge County HospitalEastman, GA · CCN 110092	89	$1,942	12% below the national average	$1,533	$7,025
Phoebe Sumter Medical CenterAmericus, GA · CCN 110044	84	$1,944	12% below the national average	$1,535	$8,964
Dorminy Medical CenterFitzgerald, GA · CCN 110073	45	$1,948	12% below the national average	$1,545	$8,446
Memorial Hospital And ManorBainbridge, GA · CCN 110132	76	$1,949	12% below the national average	$1,549	$9,317
Stephens County HospitalToccoa, GA · CCN 110032	48	$1,970	11% below the national average	$1,569	$13,723
AdventHealth MurrayChatsworth, GA · CCN 110050	114	$1,979	10% below the national average	$1,569	$18,170
Tift Regional Medical CenterTifton, GA · CCN 110095	94	$1,997	About average	$1,591	$11,873
Memorial Health Meadows HospitalVidalia, GA · CCN 110128	55	$2,018	About average	$1,587	$22,219
Piedmont Athens Regional Medical CenterAthens, GA · CCN 110074	136	$2,022	About average	$1,601	$30,919
Blue Ridge Medical CenterBlue Ridge, GA · CCN 110780	424	$2,056	About average	$1,656	$15,563
East Georgia Regional Medical CenterStatesboro, GA · CCN 110075	218	$2,057	About average	$1,627	$13,397
St Mary's HospitalAthens, GA · CCN 110006	37	$2,084	About average	$1,647	$15,925
AdventHealth GordonCalhoun, GA · CCN 110023	176	$2,090	About average	$1,655	$28,770
Piedmont Newnan Hospital, IncNewnan, GA · CCN 110229	97	$2,092	About average	$1,650	$31,105
Northside Hospital GwinnettLawrenceville, GA · CCN 110087	162	$2,099	About average	$1,659	$14,502
Wellstar Paulding Medical CenterHiram, GA · CCN 110042	163	$2,101	About average	$1,659	$23,513
Piedmont Walton HospitalMonroe, GA · CCN 110046	223	$2,109	About average	$1,665	$31,660
Coffee Regional Medical Center, IncDouglas, GA · CCN 110089	11	$2,110	About average	$1,681	$11,094
Wayne Memorial HospitalJesup, GA · CCN 110124	42	$2,110	About average	$1,681	$16,277
Emanuel Medical CenterSwainsboro, GA · CCN 110109	23	$2,110	About average	$1,674	$12,498
Union General HospitalBlairsville, GA · CCN 110051	163	$2,110	About average	$1,670	$10,605
Atrium Health Floyd Medical CenterRome, GA · CCN 110054	138	$2,112	About average	$1,681	$35,104
Emory University HospitalAtlanta, GA · CCN 110010	50	$2,128	About average	$1,688	$14,313
Piedmont Cartersville Medical CenterCartersville, GA · CCN 110030	129	$2,136	About average	$1,696	$32,098
Northside HospitalAtlanta, GA · CCN 110161	902	$2,146	About average	$1,706	$17,366
Northside Hospital ForsythCumming, GA · CCN 110005	585	$2,157	About average	$1,716	$10,786
Phoebe Putney Memorial HospitalAlbany, GA · CCN 110007	53	$2,161	About average	$1,715	$8,079
Northside Hospital DuluthDuluth, GA · CCN 110252	22	$2,163	About average	$1,723	$22,468
Piedmont Rockdale HospitalConyers, GA · CCN 110091	111	$2,163	About average	$1,722	$31,101
Grady Memorial HospitalAtlanta, GA · CCN 110079	103	$2,163	About average	$1,720	$37,759
Wellstar Douglas Medical CenterDouglasville, GA · CCN 110184	15	$2,163	About average	$1,719	$26,002
Memorial Satilla HealthWaycross, GA · CCN 110003	141	$2,166	About average	$1,720	$21,929
Upson Regional Medical CenterThomaston, GA · CCN 110002	28	$2,276	About average	$1,813	$13,611

National trend

Average payment and billed charge per procedure, and how many Medicare procedures were reported each year.

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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.