SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source

Laser treatment of clouding after cataract surgery (YAG) in Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH

Cash prices at 2 facilities 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 — and —.

HospitalCash price List priceOffFile date
St. Mary�s Medical Center HUNTINGTON, WV
66821 Discission of secondary membran
$1,699.77 $1,699.77
file
Cabell Huntington Hospital, Inc. HUNTINGTON, WV
AFTER CATARACT LASER SURGERY
$4,498.27 $4,498.27
file
Cabell Huntington Hospital, Inc. HUNTINGTON, WV
AFTER CATARACT LASER SURGERY; BILATERAL
both sides $8,996.81 $8,996.81
file

Both sides : lowest $8,996.81, median $8,996.81, highest $8,996.81.

Outpatient: lowest $1,699.77, median $3,099.02, highest $4,498.27 — a 2.6× difference within the same market.

The two groups are not comparable and are not averaged together: a price for both sides of the body covers twice the work. Merging them is how a single published "median" ends up far above what one side actually costs.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $8,996.81. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $3,099.02. 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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