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 Virginia

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Average payment across these 29 hospitals: $2,088National $2,208 · Virginia $2,088
Median hospital: $2,125
Lowest to highest: $1,900–$2,292
Medicare procedures: 8,560

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
Carilion Medical CenterRoanoke, VA · CCN 490024	15	$1,900	14% below the national average	$1,489	$22,286
Sentara Virginia Beach General HospitalVirginia Beach, VA · CCN 490057	36	$1,943	12% below the national average	$1,526	$16,778
Mary Immaculate HospitalNewport News, VA · CCN 490041	323	$1,977	10% below the national average	$1,568	$17,747
Sentara Norfolk General HospitalNorfolk, VA · CCN 490007	69	$1,981	10% below the national average	$1,569	$21,697
Medical College Of Virginia HospitalsRichmond, VA · CCN 490032	129	$1,986	10% below the national average	$1,562	$19,466
Riverside Regional Medical CenterNewport News, VA · CCN 490052	2,609	$1,988	About average	$1,579	$10,456
Sentara Leigh HospitalNorfolk, VA · CCN 490046	345	$1,996	About average	$1,580	$13,856
John Randolph Medical CenterHopewell, VA · CCN 490020	55	$1,998	About average	$1,586	$52,161
Sentara Careplex HospitalHampton, VA · CCN 490093	64	$2,002	About average	$1,590	$13,415
Clinch Valley Medical CenterRichlands, VA · CCN 490060	22	$2,006	About average	$1,598	$18,518
Johnston Memorial HospitalAbingdon, VA · CCN 490053	259	$2,006	About average	$1,595	$17,849
Smyth County Community HospitalMarion, VA · CCN 490038	50	$2,006	About average	$1,595	$17,285
Riverside Walter Reed HospitalGloucester, VA · CCN 490130	227	$2,006	About average	$1,598	$10,625
Inova Alexandria HospitalAlexandria, VA · CCN 490040	50	$2,117	About average	$1,668	$9,149
Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical CenterMechanicsville, VA · CCN 490069	353	$2,125	About average	$1,687	$14,521
Bon Secours Southampton Memorial HospitalFranklin, VA · CCN 490092	186	$2,130	About average	$1,693	$17,155
Centra Health - Lynchburg Gen HospitalLynchburg, VA · CCN 490021	154	$2,137	About average	$1,699	$18,227
Uva Health Culpeper Medical CenterCulpeper, VA · CCN 490019	219	$2,138	About average	$1,693	$10,741
Lewisgale Hospital AlleghanyLow Moor, VA · CCN 490126	104	$2,138	About average	$1,696	$20,998
University Of Virginia Medical CenterCharlottesville, VA · CCN 490009	25	$2,140	About average	$1,702	$16,823
Riverside Shore Memorial HospitalOnancock, VA · CCN 490037	43	$2,149	About average	$1,709	$12,034
Community Memorial HospitalSouth Hill, VA · CCN 490098	196	$2,154	About average	$1,702	$12,488
Virginia Hospital CenterArlington, VA · CCN 490050	367	$2,158	About average	$1,713	$10,615
Inova Fairfax HospitalFalls Church, VA · CCN 490063	975	$2,163	About average	$1,715	$6,501
Southside Community Hospital, IncFarmville, VA · CCN 490090	126	$2,163	About average	$1,723	$15,493
Inova Fair Oaks HospitalFairfax, VA · CCN 490101	35	$2,185	About average	$1,741	$13,303
Augusta HealthFishersville, VA · CCN 490018	1,299	$2,235	About average	$1,776	$9,413
Winchester Medical CenterWinchester, VA · CCN 490005	206	$2,283	About average	$1,810	$6,340
Sentara RMH Medical CenterHarrisonburg, VA · CCN 490004	19	$2,292	About average	$1,803	$11,172

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.