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 New Jersey

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Average payment across these 20 hospitals: $2,551National $2,208 · New Jersey $2,551
Median hospital: $2,466
Lowest to highest: $1,977–$2,652
Medicare procedures: 2,849

20 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
Shore Medical CenterSomers Point, NJ · CCN 310047	20	$1,977	10% below the national average	$1,546	$26,896
Clara Maass Medical CenterBelleville, NJ · CCN 310009	154	$2,387	About average	$1,878	$12,394
St Luke's Warren HospitalPhillipsburg, NJ · CCN 310060	249	$2,418	About average	$1,918	$21,138
Community Medical CenterToms River, NJ · CCN 310041	24	$2,440	11% above the national average	$1,944	$13,390
Jefferson Stratford HospitalStratford, NJ · CCN 310086	12	$2,440	11% above the national average	$1,944	$15,622
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital At RahwayRahway, NJ · CCN 310024	62	$2,440	11% above the national average	$1,944	$19,809
Capital Health Medical Center - HopewellPennington, NJ · CCN 310044	97	$2,440	11% above the national average	$1,943	$49,562
Trinitas Regional Medical CenterElizabeth, NJ · CCN 310027	42	$2,440	11% above the national average	$1,930	$22,186
JFK University Medical CenterEdison, NJ · CCN 310108	227	$2,464	12% above the national average	$1,957	$12,420
Riverview Medical CenterRed Bank, NJ · CCN 310034	323	$2,464	12% above the national average	$1,959	$11,328
St Mary's General HospitalPassaic, NJ · CCN 310006	22	$2,468	12% above the national average	$1,921	$37,166
Saint Michael's Medical CenterNewark, NJ · CCN 310096	56	$2,503	13% above the national average	$1,993	$36,328
Hackensack University Medical CenterHackensack, NJ · CCN 310001	32	$2,586	17% above the national average	$2,047	$16,231
Saint Clare's Hospital/ Denville CampusDenville, NJ · CCN 310050	40	$2,623	19% above the national average	$2,090	$36,379
The University HospitalNewark, NJ · CCN 310119	61	$2,623	19% above the national average	$2,081	$18,166
Englewood Hospital And Medical CenterEnglewood, NJ · CCN 310045	240	$2,634	19% above the national average	$2,085	$38,750
St Joseph's University Medical Center IncPaterson, NJ · CCN 310019	34	$2,652	20% above the national average	$2,113	$18,606
Valley HospitalParamus, NJ · CCN 310012	778	$2,652	20% above the national average	$2,112	$19,847
Holy Name Medical CenterTeaneck, NJ · CCN 310008	360	$2,652	20% above the national average	$2,111	$11,183
Jersey City Medical CenterJersey City, NJ · CCN 310074	16	$2,652	20% above the national average	$2,095	$12,747

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.