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Cataract surgery, one eye with Medicaid / Medi-Cal.

Negotiated rates Medicaid / Medi-Cal pays for cataract surgery, one eye at 39 US hospitals. Range: $140 to $6,164. 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 Medicaid / Medi-Cal rate.

#	Hospital	Medicaid / Medi-Cal rate
1	UC San Diego Health San Diego, CA	$140 – $30,762
2	Henry Ford Hospital Detroit, MI	$285 – $1,320
3	Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital West Bloomfield, MI	$285 – $1,320
4	Bellevue Hospital Center New York, NY	$297 – $593
5	Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn, NY	$303 – $607
6	Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle, WA	$316
7	Montefiore Medical Center Bronx, NY	$444 – $2,881
8	Children's Medical Center Dallas Dallas, TX	$458 – $1,091
9	Elmhurst Hospital Center Queens, NY	$478
10	Jacobi Medical Center Bronx, NY	$485
11	Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH	$516 – $598
12	UT Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, TX	$530 – $935
13	St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix, AZ	$567 – $2,431
14	UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA	$573 – $6,566
15	Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla La Jolla, CA	$622
16	Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego San Diego, CA	$622
17	Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN	$650 – $2,154
18	Jefferson Abington Hospital Philadelphia, PA	$663 – $1,201
19	UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside Pittsburgh, PA	$663 – $1,985
20	UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital Pittsburgh, PA	$663 – $1,027
21	Jefferson Regional Medical Center Jefferson Hills, PA	$693 – $2,729
22	Allegheny General Hospital Pittsburgh, PA	$795 – $2,729
23	Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas, TX	$850 – $918
24	Parkland Memorial Hospital Dallas, TX	$892 – $3,609
25	MLK Community Hospital Los Angeles, CA	$1,005 – $3,473
26	Whittier Hospital Medical Center Whittier, CA	$1,005 – $2,671
27	Coast Plaza Hospital Norwalk, CA	$1,025
28	St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach, CA	$1,154 – $9,092
29	California Hospital Medical Center Los Angeles, CA	$1,154 – $9,092
30	Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge, CA	$1,154 – $9,092
31	Glendale Memorial Hospital Glendale, CA	$1,802 – $9,092
32	Mount Sinai Hospital New York, NY	$1,917
33	NYU Langone Tisch Hospital New York, NY	$2,690 – $2,824
34	NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia & Weill Cornell New York, NY	$2,690 – $3,093
35	NewYork-Presbyterian Queens Queens, NY	$2,690 – $3,093
36	Sharp Grossmont Hospital La Mesa, CA	$2,994 – $7,044
37	Keck Hospital of USC Los Angeles, CA	$4,452 – $5,936
38	USC Norris Cancer Hospital Los Angeles, CA	$5,936
39	Sharp Memorial Hospital San Diego, CA	$6,164

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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 Medicaid / Medi-Cal plans, pulled directly from each hospital's machine-readable file.

The range column reflects different Medicaid / Medi-Cal 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.