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Cataract surgery, one eye with Medicare.

Negotiated rates Medicare pays for cataract surgery, one eye at 63 US hospitals. Range: $1 to $45,802. 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 Medicare rate.

#	Hospital	Medicare rate
1	Sharp Memorial Hospital San Diego, CA	$1 – $5,944
2	Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle, WA	$10 – $623
3	Allegheny General Hospital Pittsburgh, PA	$55 – $2,370
4	Jefferson Regional Medical Center Jefferson Hills, PA	$55 – $2,370
5	Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, OH	$324 – $2,326
6	Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN	$369 – $2,467
7	MLK Community Hospital Los Angeles, CA	$403
8	Henry Ford Hospital Detroit, MI	$452 – $2,458
9	Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital West Bloomfield, MI	$452 – $2,458
10	Montefiore Medical Center Bronx, NY	$504 – $3,169
11	UT Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, TX	$524 – $2,577
12	Bellevue Hospital Center New York, NY	$552 – $5,752
13	Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn, NY	$564 – $7,522
14	Elmhurst Hospital Center Queens, NY	$645 – $5,922
15	Jacobi Medical Center Bronx, NY	$655 – $7,522
16	UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside Pittsburgh, PA	$1,458 – $2,392
17	UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital Pittsburgh, PA	$1,458 – $2,392
18	St. Mary Medical Center Long Beach, CA	$1,818 – $4,637
19	California Hospital Medical Center Los Angeles, CA	$1,818 – $3,188
20	Whittier Hospital Medical Center Whittier, CA	$1,883 – $3,066
21	MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center Long Beach, CA	$1,929 – $3,710
22	MemorialCare Miller Children's & Women's Hospital Long Beach, CA	$1,929 – $3,710
23	Corewell Health Troy Troy, MI	$2,139 – $3,104
24	Corewell Health Farmington Hills Farmington Hills, MI	$2,139 – $3,104
25	Corewell Health Dearborn Dearborn, MI	$2,139 – $3,104
26	Corewell Health Royal Oak Royal Oak, MI	$2,139 – $3,106
27	UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA	$2,174 – $6,397
28	UCHealth Memorial Hospital Central Colorado Springs, CO	$2,292
29	Emory Decatur Hospital Atlanta, GA	$2,315 – $10,848
30	Emory University Hospital Atlanta, GA	$2,315 – $10,848
31	Houston Methodist Hospital Houston, TX	$2,318 – $4,521
32	Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center Houston, TX	$2,318 – $2,666
33	WellStar Kennestone Hospital Marietta, GA	$2,344 – $2,508
34	Loyola University Medical Center Maywood, IL	$2,377 – $2,496
35	Tampa General Hospital Tampa, FL	$2,410 – $4,338
36	St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix, AZ	$2,431 – $2,674
37	HonorHealth Scottsdale Osborn Phoenix, AZ	$2,463 – $2,487
38	HonorHealth Deer Valley Medical Center Phoenix, AZ	$2,463 – $2,487
39	University of Chicago Medical Center Chicago, IL	$2,473
40	Endeavor Health Evanston Hospital Evanston, IL	$2,473
41	NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia & Weill Cornell New York, NY	$2,564 – $3,373
42	NewYork-Presbyterian Queens Queens, NY	$2,564 – $2,834
43	Swedish Medical Center First Hill Seattle, WA	$2,672 – $3,207
44	Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston, MA	$2,766
45	Lahey Hospital & Medical Center Burlington, MA	$2,766
46	Mount Sinai Hospital New York, NY	$2,881
47	Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center Los Angeles, CA	$2,898 – $8,519
48	UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center Santa Monica, CA	$2,898 – $8,519
49	Northridge Hospital Medical Center Northridge, CA	$2,898
50	Glendale Memorial Hospital Glendale, CA	$2,898 – $3,333

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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 Medicare plans, pulled directly from each hospital's machine-readable file.

The range column reflects different Medicare 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.