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Cataract surgery, one eye with Aetna.

Negotiated rates Aetna pays for cataract surgery, one eye at 54 US hospitals. Range: $502 to $44,125. Your specific cost depends on your plan tier, deductible status, and coinsurance — see the comparison tool to model your exact out-of-pocket.

Top hospitals by Aetna rate.

#	Hospital	Aetna rate
1	Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla La Jolla, CA	$502 – $1,570
2	Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego San Diego, CA	$502 – $1,570
3	SCRIPPS GREEN HOSPITAL La Jolla, CA	$502 – $1,570
4	SCRIPPS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL - ENCINITAS Encinitas, CA	$502 – $1,570
5	Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN	$566 – $2,154
6	Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH	$663 – $3,161
7	Allegheny General Hospital Pittsburgh, PA	$723 – $1,985
8	Forbes Hospital Monroeville, PA	$723 – $1,985
9	Jefferson Regional Medical Center Jefferson Hills, PA	$723 – $1,985
10	Bellevue Hospital Center New York, NY	$759 – $1,038
11	Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn, NY	$759 – $1,062
12	QUEENS HOSPITAL CENTER Jamaica, NY	$759 – $1,045
13	WOODHULL MEDICAL & MENTAL HEALTH CENTER Brooklyn, NY	$759 – $1,062
14	Jefferson Abington Hospital Philadelphia, PA	$900 – $6,768
15	Parkland Memorial Hospital Dallas, TX	$939 – $21,301
16	HARLEM HOSPITAL CENTER New York, NY	$1,038
17	Elmhurst Hospital Center Queens, NY	$1,045
18	Jacobi Medical Center Bronx, NY	$1,062
19	METROPOLITAN HOSPITAL CENTER New York, NY	$1,062
20	HCA Houston Healthcare Medical Center Houston, TX	$1,073
21	HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood Houston, TX	$1,073
22	St. David's Medical Center Austin, TX	$1,190
23	St. David's North Austin Medical Center Austin, TX	$1,190
24	St. David's Round Rock Medical Center Round Rock, TX	$1,190
25	Heart Hospital of Austin Austin, TX	$1,190
26	ST DAVID'S SOUTH AUSTIN MEDICAL CENTER Austin, TX	$1,190
27	UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA	$1,302
28	Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle, WA	$1,555
29	Montefiore Medical Center Bronx, NY	$1,912 – $2,249
30	HonorHealth Scottsdale Osborn Phoenix, AZ	$2,558 – $3,585
31	HonorHealth Deer Valley Medical Center Phoenix, AZ	$2,558 – $3,585
32	UT Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, TX	$2,589
33	Sharp Grossmont Hospital La Mesa, CA	$2,615 – $8,629
34	MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center Long Beach, CA	$2,761 – $4,784
35	MemorialCare Miller Children's & Women's Hospital Long Beach, CA	$2,761 – $4,748
36	USC Verdugo Hills Hospital Glendale, CA	$3,280 – $9,276
37	Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center Houston, TX	$3,593
38	MEMORIAL HERMANN KATY HOSPITAL Katy, TX	$3,593
39	Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle, WA	$3,647
40	Mount Sinai Hospital New York, NY	$5,011 – $6,175
41	Emory Decatur Hospital Atlanta, GA	$5,730 – $6,654
42	Emory University Hospital Atlanta, GA	$5,730 – $6,654
43	Sharp Memorial Hospital San Diego, CA	$5,988 – $6,164
44	WellStar Kennestone Hospital Marietta, GA	$6,760
45	Swedish Medical Center First Hill Seattle, WA	$7,266 – $9,545
46	PHELPS HOSPITAL Sleepy Hollow, NY	$7,558
47	Houston Methodist Hospital Houston, TX	$7,884 – $8,127
48	Endeavor Health Evanston Hospital Evanston, IL	$8,167
49	UC San Diego Health San Diego, CA	$8,203 – $34,591
50	Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley Pleasanton, CA	$8,217 – $13,310

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About these rates.

Hospitals are required by federal law (45 CFR 180.50) to publish the rates they negotiated with each insurer for each procedure. These numbers are the rates the hospital published for Aetna plans, pulled directly from each hospital's machine-readable file.

The range column reflects different Aetna plan tiers (HMO, PPO, EPO, etc.). Your plan picks one number out of that range. Your actual out-of-pocket depends on your deductible status, copay, and coinsurance, which the comparison tool can model when you fill them in.

Cash-pay rates are often cheaper than the negotiated rate, especially for high-deductible plans. Worth comparing both — the Cataract surgery, one eye overview shows the cash-pay column alongside.