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 South Carolina

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Average payment across these 13 hospitals: $1,770National $2,208 · South Carolina $1,770
Median hospital: $1,988
Lowest to highest: $1,020–$2,129
Medicare procedures: 3,827

13 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
MUSC Medical CenterCharleston, SC · CCN 420004	949	$1,020	54% below the national average	$805	$22,079
McLeod Regional Medical Center-Pee DeeFlorence, SC · CCN 420051	684	$1,962	11% below the national average	$1,555	$3,725
Prisma Health Baptist ParkridgeColumbia, SC · CCN 420106	888	$1,971	11% below the national average	$1,559	$17,347
Prisma Health Greenville Memorial HospitalGreenville, SC · CCN 420078	117	$1,983	10% below the national average	$1,575	$10,077
KershawHealthCamden, SC · CCN 420048	69	$1,985	10% below the national average	$1,582	$13,690
McLeod Health CherawCheraw, SC · CCN 420107	99	$1,986	10% below the national average	$1,575	$6,973
Novant Health East Cooper Medical CenterMount Pleasant, SC · CCN 420089	71	$1,988	About average	$1,573	$26,584
McLeod Loris HospitalLoris, SC · CCN 420105	43	$1,996	About average	$1,590	$4,213
Cherokee Medical CenterGaffney, SC · CCN 420043	17	$1,996	About average	$1,590	$13,675
Conway Medical CenterConway, SC · CCN 420049	34	$1,996	About average	$1,590	$13,620
St Francis-DowntownGreenville, SC · CCN 420023	11	$2,010	About average	$1,602	$34,075
Hampton Regional Medical CenterVarnville, SC · CCN 420072	61	$2,098	About average	$1,663	$3,868
Beaufort County Memorial HospitalBeaufort, SC · CCN 420067	784	$2,129	About average	$1,693	$11,223

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.