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 Kentucky

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Average payment across these 29 hospitals: $1,995National $2,208 · Kentucky $1,995
Median hospital: $1,983
Lowest to highest: $1,819–$2,148
Medicare procedures: 4,512

29 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
King's Daughters' Medical CenterAshland, KY · CCN 180009	19	$1,819	18% below the national average	$1,406	$12,726
Spring View HospitalLebanon, KY · CCN 180024	59	$1,928	13% below the national average	$1,528	$14,118
Tug Valley ARH Regional Medical CenterSouth Williamson, KY · CCN 180069	37	$1,934	12% below the national average	$1,525	$14,287
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community HospitalGreenville, KY · CCN 180004	188	$1,947	12% below the national average	$1,547	$13,606
Murray-Calloway County HospitalMurray, KY · CCN 180027	192	$1,947	12% below the national average	$1,549	$9,094
Harrison Memorial HospitalCynthiana, KY · CCN 180079	49	$1,955	11% below the national average	$1,558	$5,094
Taylor Regional HospitalCampbellsville, KY · CCN 180087	95	$1,955	11% below the national average	$1,556	$9,353
Middlesboro ARH HospitalMiddlesboro, KY · CCN 180020	41	$1,955	11% below the national average	$1,555	$12,825
The Medical Center At RussellvilleRussellville, KY · CCN 180066	25	$1,955	11% below the national average	$1,552	$9,628
Whitesburg ARH HospitalWhitesburg, KY · CCN 180002	24	$1,959	11% below the national average	$1,529	$13,022
Paintsville ARH HospitalPaintsville, KY · CCN 180078	192	$1,960	11% below the national average	$1,557	$11,028
St Elizabeth EdgewoodEdgewood, KY · CCN 180035	845	$1,965	11% below the national average	$1,556	$8,411
Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical CenterDanville, KY · CCN 180048	368	$1,971	11% below the national average	$1,563	$10,929
University Of Kentucky HospitalLexington, KY · CCN 180067	134	$1,982	10% below the national average	$1,567	$13,141
Saint Joseph Mount SterlingMount Sterling, KY · CCN 180064	169	$1,983	10% below the national average	$1,578	$5,342
Baptist Health RichmondRichmond, KY · CCN 180049	387	$1,985	10% below the national average	$1,575	$15,380
Clark Regional Medical CenterWinchester, KY · CCN 180092	101	$1,986	10% below the national average	$1,576	$11,743
Hazard ARH Regional Medical CenterHazard, KY · CCN 180029	85	$1,987	10% below the national average	$1,571	$17,184
Uofl Health - Jewish Hospital And Mary & Elizabeth HospitalLouisville, KY · CCN 180040	166	$1,988	About average	$1,579	$12,908
St Elizabeth Ft ThomasFort Thomas, KY · CCN 180001	44	$1,990	About average	$1,574	$9,720
University Of Louisville HospitalLouisville, KY · CCN 180141	141	$1,996	About average	$1,587	$14,503
Georgetown Community HospitalGeorgetown, KY · CCN 180101	183	$2,004	About average	$1,592	$17,644
Uofl Health - Shelbyville HospitalShelbyville, KY · CCN 180016	17	$2,008	About average	$1,591	$7,583
Jennie Stuart Medical CenterHopkinsville, KY · CCN 180051	218	$2,036	About average	$1,611	$6,319
Meadowview Regional Medical CenterMaysville, KY · CCN 180019	164	$2,084	About average	$1,658	$12,377
Pikeville Medical CenterPikeville, KY · CCN 180044	299	$2,085	About average	$1,655	$8,748
Harlan ARH HospitalHarlan, KY · CCN 180050	27	$2,094	About average	$1,668	$12,165
Kentucky River Medical CenterJackson, KY · CCN 180139	56	$2,094	About average	$1,668	$21,544
St Claire Regional Medical CenterMorehead, KY · CCN 180018	187	$2,148	About average	$1,711	$10,096

National trend

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

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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.