Real prices from our database
Not an estimate. These figures come from actual hospital-disclosed cash prices for CPT 66984 (Cataract surgery with lens implant) in FairVisitHealth's price-transparency corpus.
Median posted cash price
$2,330
Most fall between $1,483 and $2,933 (25th to 75th percentile)
Median of 333 hospital-posted cash prices. Each posted price counts once, so hospitals that post more prices carry more weight.
Per eye. Anesthesia and premium lenses may be billed separately.
Source: FairVisitHealth analysis of 333 hospital-disclosed cash prices for CPT 66984, from CMS hospital price-transparency machine-readable files. Data as of October 2026. Smaller sample, so treat as indicative.
Cataract Surgery Cost by City
Local self-pay prices for cataract surgery in 39 cities, from providers in each metro area.