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 Pennsylvania

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Average payment across these 64 hospitals: $1,974National $2,208 · Pennsylvania $1,974
Median hospital: $2,126
Lowest to highest: $802–$2,456
Medicare procedures: 15,080

64 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare procedures for this in 2024; showing 1–50. 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
Magee Womens Hospital Of UPMC Health SystemPittsburgh, PA · CCN 390114	37	$802	64% below the national average	$627	$11,582
Gettysburg HospitalGettysburg, PA · CCN 390065	437	$916	59% below the national average	$728	$7,955
Hospital Of University Of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA · CCN 390111	501	$940	57% below the national average	$746	$24,697
Geisinger-Lewistown HospitalLewistown, PA · CCN 390048	536	$992	55% below the national average	$788	$13,293
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical CenterWilkes Barre, PA · CCN 390270	452	$1,100	50% below the national average	$873	$44,167
UPMC MemorialYork, PA · CCN 390101	728	$1,208	45% below the national average	$960	$7,493
Crozer Chester Medical CenterUpland, PA · CCN 390180	1,052	$2,006	About average	$1,596	$7,783
Chan Soon- Shiong Medical Center At WindberWindber, PA · CCN 390112	138	$2,033	About average	$1,606	$6,010
ACMH HospitalKittanning, PA · CCN 390163	137	$2,057	About average	$1,634	$6,428
UPMC JamesonNew Castle, PA · CCN 390016	72	$2,058	About average	$1,635	$7,334
UPMC EastMonroeville, PA · CCN 390328	212	$2,061	About average	$1,637	$18,439
Geisinger Medical Center MuncyMuncy, PA · CCN 390337	111	$2,066	About average	$1,643	$7,792
UPMC MercyPittsburgh, PA · CCN 390028	745	$2,070	About average	$1,646	$16,446
UPMC St MargaretPittsburgh, PA · CCN 390102	282	$2,076	About average	$1,652	$21,697
St Clair HospitalPittsburgh, PA · CCN 390228	689	$2,077	About average	$1,654	$9,481
Penn Highlands ConnellsvilleConnellsville, PA · CCN 390184	379	$2,078	About average	$1,651	$4,673
Geisinger Medical CenterDanville, PA · CCN 390006	595	$2,079	About average	$1,654	$44,758
Surgical Institute Of ReadingWyomissing, PA · CCN 390316	86	$2,081	About average	$1,654	$13,425
Excela Health - Frick HospitalMount Pleasant, PA · CCN 390217	53	$2,081	About average	$1,658	$12,272
UPMC NorthwestSeneca, PA · CCN 390091	42	$2,081	About average	$1,658	$8,529
UPMC PassavantPittsburgh, PA · CCN 390107	51	$2,081	About average	$1,658	$10,980
Conemaugh Nason Medical CenterRoaring Spring, PA · CCN 390062	12	$2,081	About average	$1,658	$12,886
The Washington HospitalWashington, PA · CCN 390042	38	$2,081	About average	$1,658	$10,511
Regional Hospital Of ScrantonScranton, PA · CCN 390237	126	$2,081	About average	$1,657	$29,069
Edgewood Surgical HospitalTransfer, PA · CCN 390307	415	$2,081	About average	$1,657	$5,563
Heritage Valley SewickleySewickley, PA · CCN 390037	200	$2,081	About average	$1,656	$3,943
Allegheny General HospitalPittsburgh, PA · CCN 390050	77	$2,081	About average	$1,655	$16,689
Uniontown HospitalUniontown, PA · CCN 390041	56	$2,081	About average	$1,654	$6,389
Lecom Medical Center And Behavioral Health PavErie, PA · CCN 390198	27	$2,082	About average	$1,652	$6,299
Allegheny Valley HospitalNatrona, PA · CCN 390032	31	$2,082	About average	$1,652	$14,899
UPMC CarlisleCarlisle, PA · CCN 390058	128	$2,110	About average	$1,681	$8,333
St Luke's Hospital - Carbon CampusLehighton, PA · CCN 390335	26	$2,124	About average	$1,692	$27,010
Robert Packer HospitalSayre, PA · CCN 390079	569	$2,129	About average	$1,693	$7,588
Reading HospitalWest Reading, PA · CCN 390044	50	$2,129	About average	$1,695	$14,569
Milton S Hershey Medical CenterHershey, PA · CCN 390256	29	$2,133	About average	$1,687	$26,631
Thomas Jefferson University HospitalPhiladelphia, PA · CCN 390174	22	$2,142	About average	$1,690	$16,604
Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia HospitalPhiladelphia, PA · CCN 390142	73	$2,174	About average	$1,717	$9,509
Main Line Hospital LankenauWynnewood, PA · CCN 390195	38	$2,177	About average	$1,717	$13,053
Pottstown HospitalPottstown, PA · CCN 390123	107	$2,186	About average	$1,739	$11,551
Physicians Care Surgical HospitalRoyersford, PA · CCN 390324	186	$2,186	About average	$1,736	$12,188
Independence Health System Clarion HospitalClarion, PA · CCN 390093	229	$2,221	About average	$1,766	$4,653
Nazareth HospitalPhiladelphia, PA · CCN 390204	18	$2,222	About average	$1,770	$12,785
Penn Highlands DuboisDubois, PA · CCN 390086	274	$2,223	About average	$1,770	$6,266
UPMC SomersetSomerset, PA · CCN 390039	19	$2,229	About average	$1,776	$11,925
UPMC Bedford MemorialEverett, PA · CCN 390117	80	$2,229	About average	$1,776	$8,264
Meadville Medical CenterMeadville, PA · CCN 390113	294	$2,229	About average	$1,775	$8,351
Punxsutawney Area HospitalPunxsutawney, PA · CCN 390199	76	$2,229	About average	$1,771	$8,363
Indiana Regional Medical CenterIndiana, PA · CCN 390173	40	$2,233	About average	$1,776	$10,935
Wayne Memorial HospitalHonesdale, PA · CCN 390125	60	$2,236	About average	$1,777	$10,663
Doylestown HospitalDoylestown, PA · CCN 390203	11	$2,248	About average	$1,791	$18,177

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.