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Cataract surgery, one eye with Aetna.

Negotiated rates Aetna pays for cataract surgery, one eye at 44 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	Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN	$566 – $2,154
4	Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH	$663 – $3,161
5	Allegheny General Hospital Pittsburgh, PA	$723 – $1,985
6	Jefferson Regional Medical Center Jefferson Hills, PA	$723 – $1,985
7	Bellevue Hospital Center New York, NY	$759 – $1,038
8	Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn, NY	$759 – $1,062
9	Jefferson Abington Hospital Philadelphia, PA	$900 – $6,768
10	Parkland Memorial Hospital Dallas, TX	$939 – $21,301
11	Elmhurst Hospital Center Queens, NY	$1,045
12	Jacobi Medical Center Bronx, NY	$1,062
13	HCA Houston Healthcare Medical Center Houston, TX	$1,073
14	HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood Houston, TX	$1,073
15	St. David's Medical Center Austin, TX	$1,190
16	St. David's North Austin Medical Center Austin, TX	$1,190
17	St. David's Round Rock Medical Center Round Rock, TX	$1,190
18	Heart Hospital of Austin Austin, TX	$1,190
19	UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA	$1,302
20	Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle, WA	$1,555
21	Montefiore Medical Center Bronx, NY	$1,912 – $2,249
22	HonorHealth Scottsdale Osborn Phoenix, AZ	$2,558 – $3,585
23	HonorHealth Deer Valley Medical Center Phoenix, AZ	$2,558 – $3,585
24	UT Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, TX	$2,589
25	Sharp Grossmont Hospital La Mesa, CA	$2,615 – $8,629
26	MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center Long Beach, CA	$2,761 – $4,784
27	MemorialCare Miller Children's & Women's Hospital Long Beach, CA	$2,761 – $4,748
28	USC Verdugo Hills Hospital Glendale, CA	$3,280 – $9,276
29	Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center Houston, TX	$3,593
30	Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle, WA	$3,647
31	Mount Sinai Hospital New York, NY	$5,011 – $6,175
32	Emory Decatur Hospital Atlanta, GA	$5,730 – $6,654
33	Emory University Hospital Atlanta, GA	$5,730 – $6,654
34	Sharp Memorial Hospital San Diego, CA	$5,988 – $6,164
35	WellStar Kennestone Hospital Marietta, GA	$6,760
36	Swedish Medical Center First Hill Seattle, WA	$7,266 – $9,545
37	Houston Methodist Hospital Houston, TX	$7,884 – $8,127
38	Endeavor Health Evanston Hospital Evanston, IL	$8,167
39	UC San Diego Health San Diego, CA	$8,203 – $34,591
40	Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley Pleasanton, CA	$8,217 – $13,310
41	Keck Hospital of USC Los Angeles, CA	$10,951
42	USC Norris Cancer Hospital Los Angeles, CA	$14,684
43	Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian Newport Beach, CA	$16,404
44	Stanford Health Care Palo Alto, CA	$44,125

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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.