Outpatient procedure · APC 5492 · Surgery or procedure

Level 2 Intraocular Procedures

In 2024, Medicare and patients paid an average of $3,924 per procedure at 527 hospitals. Half of hospitals averaged between $3,521 and $4,083.

Also known as: Cataract surgery, eye surgery, glaucoma surgery

National figures, 2024

Average payment per case: $3,924
Typical range (middle half of hospitals): $3,521–$4,083
Medicare’s share: $3,11679% of the payment
Average billed charge: $25,800
Hospitals reporting: 52746,728 procedures

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Average payment across these 37 hospitals: $3,609National $3,924 · Texas $3,609
Median hospital: $3,612
Lowest to highest: $3,284–$3,770
Medicare procedures: 1,969

37 hospitals reported at least 11 Medicare procedures for this in 2024. Download as CSV

Medicare payments per case for Level 2 Intraocular Procedures by hospital, 2024
Hospital	Cases	Average payment	vs national average	Medicare paid	Billed charge
University Health SystemSan Antonio, TX · CCN 450213	52	$3,284	16% below the national average	$2,567	$19,994
Texas Health Harris Methodist Fort WorthFort Worth, TX · CCN 450135	17	$3,316	16% below the national average	$2,572	$14,709
Doctors Hospital Of LaredoLaredo, TX · CCN 450643	23	$3,406	13% below the national average	$2,672	$21,824
Baptist Medical CenterSan Antonio, TX · CCN 450058	52	$3,433	13% below the national average	$2,716	$66,826
Christus Mother Frances HospitalTyler, TX · CCN 450102	112	$3,453	12% below the national average	$2,735	$38,153
University Medical CenterLubbock, TX · CCN 450686	50	$3,472	12% below the national average	$2,749	$34,185
CHI St Joseph Health Regional HospitalBryan, TX · CCN 450011	84	$3,508	11% below the national average	$2,786	$36,206
Christus Spohn Hospital Corpus ChristiCorpus Christi, TX · CCN 450046	36	$3,518	10% below the national average	$2,770	$18,098
Methodist HospitalSan Antonio, TX · CCN 450388	41	$3,528	10% below the national average	$2,811	$45,067
Guadalupe Regional Medical CenterSeguin, TX · CCN 450104	19	$3,528	10% below the national average	$2,811	$20,850
Rio Grande Regional HospitalMcallen, TX · CCN 450711	13	$3,528	10% below the national average	$2,811	$37,314
Midland Memorial HospitalMidland, TX · CCN 450133	12	$3,528	10% below the national average	$2,811	$18,589
UT Health East Texas Tyler Regional HospitalTyler, TX · CCN 450083	64	$3,528	10% below the national average	$2,810	$39,265
Hill Country Memorial HospitalFredericksburg, TX · CCN 450604	32	$3,528	10% below the national average	$2,806	$18,059
Doctors Hosptal At RenaissanceEdinburg, TX · CCN 450869	39	$3,528	10% below the national average	$2,806	$17,955
Ascension Seton Medical Center AustinAustin, TX · CCN 450056	86	$3,553	About average	$2,822	$41,721
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- College StatiCollege Station, TX · CCN 670088	30	$3,570	About average	$2,801	$10,998
Northwest Hills Surgical HospitalAustin, TX · CCN 450808	29	$3,579	About average	$2,850	$15,431
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - TempleTemple, TX · CCN 450054	109	$3,612	About average	$2,858	$15,421
Baylor Surgical Hospital At Las ColinasIrving, TX · CCN 450874	149	$3,632	About average	$2,887	$13,384
UT Of Texas Southwestern University Hospital - William P. Clements Jr.Dallas, TX · CCN 450044	153	$3,640	About average	$2,896	$15,130
Parkland Health & Hospital SystemDallas, TX · CCN 450015	21	$3,659	About average	$2,915	$31,584
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital DallasDallas, TX · CCN 450462	23	$3,659	About average	$2,915	$12,996
Texas Health Hospital FriscoFrisco, TX · CCN 670260	17	$3,659	About average	$2,906	$12,981
Ascension ProvidenceWaco, TX · CCN 450042	65	$3,660	About average	$2,916	$28,740
Texas Health Arlington Memorial HospitalArlington, TX · CCN 450064	18	$3,671	About average	$2,925	$12,896
Lake Granbury Medical CenterGranbury, TX · CCN 450596	17	$3,671	About average	$2,924	$40,556
JPS Health NetworkFort Worth, TX · CCN 450039	14	$3,671	About average	$2,911	$28,171
University Of Texas Medical Branch GalvestonGalveston, TX · CCN 450018	28	$3,689	About average	$2,935	$32,303
Shannon Medical CenterSan Angelo, TX · CCN 450571	37	$3,697	About average	$2,924	$18,102
Baylor St Lukes Medical CenterHouston, TX · CCN 450193	292	$3,740	About average	$2,971	$24,520
Houston Methodist HospitalHouston, TX · CCN 450358	141	$3,749	About average	$2,982	$35,365
Harris HealthHouston, TX · CCN 450289	11	$3,762	About average	$2,997	$16,912
HCA Houston Healthcare KingwoodKingwood, TX · CCN 450775	25	$3,770	About average	$3,004	$82,490
Memorial Hermann Surgical Hospital KingwoodKingwood, TX · CCN 670005	27	$3,770	About average	$3,004	$21,966
Memorial Hermann - Texas Medical CenterHouston, TX · CCN 450068	12	$3,770	About average	$3,004	$66,297
Christus Southeast Texas- St ElizabethBeaumont, TX · CCN 450034	19	$3,770	About average	$2,999	$20,496

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: 59,469 procedures at 686 hospitals · 2021: 65,812 procedures at 713 hospitals · 2022: 57,281 procedures at 599 hospitals · 2023: 53,903 procedures at 583 hospitals · 2024: 46,728 procedures at 527 hospitals

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National average payment and billed charge for Level 2 Intraocular Procedures
Year of care	Average payment	Average billed charge
2020	$3,849	$21K
2021	$3,967	$22K
2022	$4,014	$24K
2023	$3,984	$25K
2024	$3,924	$26K

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 2 Intraocular Procedures, 2024
State	Hospitals	Cases	Average payment	Typical range
Vermont	2	93	$1,933	$1,939–$2,027
Ohio	19	1,658	$3,159	$3,427–$3,536
Kansas	6	560	$3,180	$3,405–$3,465
Mississippi	6	403	$3,345	$3,327–$3,427
Alabama	8	1,003	$3,351	$3,306–$3,387
New Mexico	2	254	$3,353	$2,549–$3,197
South Carolina	7	794	$3,354	$3,417–$3,514
Missouri	13	1,536	$3,360	$3,460–$3,618
Louisiana	17	793	$3,383	$3,333–$3,444
West Virginia	4	453	$3,389	$3,344–$3,408
Kentucky	7	448	$3,419	$3,413–$3,501
Tennessee	8	702	$3,430	$3,348–$3,459
Arkansas	4	836	$3,438	$3,415–$3,449
Oklahoma	7	1,061	$3,452	$3,434–$3,474
Maine	1	23	$3,542	$3,542–$3,542
Florida	20	1,713	$3,546	$3,600–$3,683
Michigan	19	1,579	$3,552	$3,581–$3,756
Iowa	6	624	$3,574	$3,478–$3,491
Utah	6	710	$3,596	$3,585–$3,634
Texas	37	1,969	$3,609	$3,528–$3,671
Georgia	13	660	$3,623	$3,348–$3,764
Idaho	4	166	$3,632	$3,573–$3,728
North Carolina	23	2,733	$3,633	$3,568–$3,677
Nebraska	5	418	$3,654	$3,626–$3,664
Indiana	15	640	$3,676	$3,600–$3,743
Virginia	16	1,399	$3,704	$3,505–$3,779
Wisconsin	18	1,535	$3,739	$3,660–$3,820
Pennsylvania	28	2,620	$3,746	$3,628–$3,915
Illinois	36	2,171	$3,844	$3,807–$3,871
Colorado	7	840	$3,850	$3,854–$3,871
North Dakota	3	304	$3,865	$3,781–$3,930
South Dakota	3	174	$3,869	$3,775–$3,947
Montana	3	157	$3,931	$3,797–$3,947
Delaware	1	92	$3,940	$3,940–$3,940
Arizona	3	129	$3,949	$3,952–$3,965
District of Columbia	3	64	$4,007	$3,919–$4,042
Minnesota	12	821	$4,038	$3,879–$4,059
New Hampshire	2	101	$4,070	$3,962–$4,090
Rhode Island	1	63	$4,126	$4,126–$4,126
Washington	11	863	$4,157	$4,081–$4,273
Alaska	1	28	$4,197	$4,197–$4,197
Oregon	5	843	$4,215	$4,234–$4,251
New Jersey	10	1,137	$4,324	$4,207–$4,445
Massachusetts	10	1,876	$4,343	$4,347–$4,367
Connecticut	6	290	$4,452	$4,423–$4,569
New York	31	3,221	$4,486	$4,311–$4,592
Hawaii	3	119	$4,488	$4,230–$4,568
Nevada	4	461	$4,593	$4,314–$4,482
California	51	5,591	$5,194	$4,999–$5,623

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.