SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source

Laser treatment of clouding after cataract surgery (YAG) in Cleveland, OH

Cash prices at 11 facilities across 8 cities for code 66821, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Jun 16, 2026.

HospitalCash price List priceOffFile date
Metrohealth System CLEVELAND, OH
Discission, Secondary Membranous Cataract; Laser (1+ Stages)
$672.88 $1,922.50 65% Apr 1, 2026
file
Summa Health System AKRON, OH
Hc Asc After Cataract Laser Surgery
$965.50 $965.50 Apr 1, 2026
file
Metrohealth System CLEVELAND, OH
Hc After Cataract Laser Surgery
$1,209.86 $3,456.75 65% Apr 1, 2026
file
Fairview Hospital CLEVELAND, OH
POST-CATARACT LASER SURGERY
$1,640.60 $2,524.00 35% Jun 15, 2026
file
CLEVELAND CLINIC HEALTH SYSTEM - EAST REGION MAYFIELD HEIGHTS, OH
POST-CATARACT LASER SURGERY
$1,640.60 $2,524.00 35% Jun 15, 2026
file
LUTHERAN HOSPITAL CLEVELAND, OH
POST-CATARACT LASER SURGERY
$1,640.60 $2,524.00 35% Jun 15, 2026
file
CLEVELAND CLINIC AVON HOSPITAL AVON, OH
POST-CATARACT LASER SURGERY
$1,640.60 $2,524.00 35% Jun 15, 2026
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MEDINA HOSPITAL MEDINA, OH
POST-CATARACT LASER SURGERY
$1,640.60 $2,524.00 35% Jun 15, 2026
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CLEVELAND CLINIC HEALTH SYSTEM - EAST REGION WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS, OH
POST-CATARACT LASER SURGERY
$1,640.60 $2,524.00 35% Jun 15, 2026
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MARYMOUNT HOSPITAL INC GARFIELD HEIGHTS, OH
POST-CATARACT LASER SURGERY
$1,640.60 $2,524.00 35% Jun 15, 2026
file
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation CLEVELAND, OH
POST-CATARACT LASER SURGERY
$1,640.60 $2,524.00 35% Jun 16, 2026
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CLEVELAND CLINIC HEALTH SYSTEM - EAST REGION EUCLID, OH
POST-CATARACT LASER SURGERY
$1,640.60 $2,524.00 35% Jun 15, 2026
file
Summa Health System AKRON, OH
Hc Disc 2Nd Memb Catarac Laser Uni
$3,988.75 $3,988.75 Apr 1, 2026
file

Outpatient: lowest $672.88, median $1,640.60, highest $3,988.75 — a 5.9× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 11 facilities here, median $1,640.60. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

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