Surgery and procedures CPT 66821 Outpatient

YAG laser capsulotomy cost in Platteville, WI

In Platteville, WI, 1 hospital lists a cash price for laser treatment of clouding after cataract surgery (YAG): from $1,948.50 to $1,948.50, with a median of $1,948.50. Across Wisconsin, the median is $1,175.20 at 31 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 66821, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 27, 2026 and Mar 27, 2026.

Lowest$1,948.50Southwest Health Center
Median$1,948.50half pay less
Highest$1,948.50in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Platteville, WI.

median
Lowest $1,948.50Highest $1,957.50
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Southwest Health Center lowest Platteville, WI · (608) 348-2331 HC YAG LASER SURGERY $1,948.50 $2,598.00 $779.40–$2,598.00 25% Mar 27, 2026
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Southwest Health Center both sides Platteville, WI · (608) 348-2331 HC YAG BILATERAL LASER SURGERY $1,957.50 $2,610.00 $783.00–$2,610.00 25% Mar 27, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $1,948.50, median $1,948.50, highest $1,948.50.

Both sides : lowest $1,957.50, median $1,957.50, highest $1,957.50.

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 $1,948.50. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

Cash or insurance?

At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.

What it is

YAG laser capsulotomy treats clouding of the thin membrane behind the lens implant that can develop months or years after cataract surgery. A laser makes a small opening in the cloudy membrane to clear vision.

What the price covers

The price covers the laser treatment of one eye. Eye exams before and after and any eye drops may be billed separately, and treating the second eye is billed again.