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 Tennessee

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Average payment across these 25 hospitals: $1,924National $2,208 · Tennessee $1,924
Median hospital: $1,951
Lowest to highest: $1,337–$2,062
Medicare procedures: 3,090

25 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
Baptist Memorial Hospital - Carroll CountyHuntingdon, TN · CCN 440016	203	$1,337	39% below the national average	$1,064	$9,509
Tennova Healthcare - Newport Medical CenterNewport, TN · CCN 440153	56	$1,867	15% below the national average	$1,469	$12,568
Henderson County Community HospitalLexington, TN · CCN 440008	105	$1,870	15% below the national average	$1,486	$11,353
Leconte Medical CenterSevierville, TN · CCN 440081	33	$1,875	15% below the national average	$1,485	$8,295
Greeneville Community HospitalGreeneville, TN · CCN 440050	114	$1,888	14% below the national average	$1,486	$22,166
Morristown Hamblen Hospital AssociationMorristown, TN · CCN 440030	259	$1,892	14% below the national average	$1,501	$5,903
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, TN · CCN 440039	56	$1,896	14% below the national average	$1,496	$24,124
Hardin Medical CenterSavannah, TN · CCN 440109	107	$1,902	14% below the national average	$1,511	$7,639
Fort Loudoun Medical CenterLenoir City, TN · CCN 440110	60	$1,922	13% below the national average	$1,531	$8,128
Roane Medical CenterHarriman, TN · CCN 440031	12	$1,922	13% below the national average	$1,516	$7,722
Maury Regional HospitalColumbia, TN · CCN 440073	361	$1,934	12% below the national average	$1,531	$5,410
Dekalb Community HospitalSmithville, TN · CCN 440148	31	$1,940	12% below the national average	$1,536	$10,660
Tristar Horizon Medical CenterDickson, TN · CCN 440046	55	$1,951	12% below the national average	$1,541	$13,383
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System PulaskiPulaski, TN · CCN 440020	209	$1,957	11% below the national average	$1,551	$12,531
Methodist Hospitals Of MemphisMemphis, TN · CCN 440049	22	$1,960	11% below the national average	$1,559	$16,311
Baptist Memorial HospitalMemphis, TN · CCN 440048	55	$1,967	11% below the national average	$1,561	$11,970
Tristar Centennial Medical CenterNashville, TN · CCN 440161	90	$1,972	11% below the national average	$1,562	$24,095
Memorial Healthcare System, IncChattanooga, TN · CCN 440091	51	$1,986	10% below the national average	$1,582	$10,260
Vanderbilt Wilson County HospitalLebanon, TN · CCN 440193	492	$1,989	About average	$1,577	$13,112
Erlanger Medical CenterChattanooga, TN · CCN 440104	25	$1,992	About average	$1,587	$13,378
Southern Tennessee Regional Health System WinchestWinchester, TN · CCN 440058	25	$1,992	About average	$1,587	$13,952
Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton HospitalTullahoma, TN · CCN 440144	39	$1,996	About average	$1,590	$17,838
Metro Nashville General HospitalNashville, TN · CCN 440111	16	$2,008	About average	$1,600	$7,019
Tristar Skyline Medical CenterNashville, TN · CCN 440006	12	$2,008	About average	$1,587	$19,957
Jackson-Madison County General HospitalJackson, TN · CCN 440002	602	$2,062	About average	$1,635	$7,083

National trend

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

Average payment
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.