SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source

Laser treatment of clouding after cataract surgery (YAG) in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 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 — and —.

Hospital		Cash price	List price	Off	File date
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - FONTANA FONTANA, CA POST-CATARACT LASER SURGERY		$1,570.40	$3,020.00	48%	— file
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - RIVERSIDE RIVERSIDE, CA POST-CATARACT LASER SURGERY		$1,570.40	$3,020.00	48%	— file
Riverside University Medical Center MORENO VALLEY, CA HC Capsulotomy by Laser		$3,818.47	$3,818.47	—	— file
Riverside University Medical Center MORENO VALLEY, CA HC Capsulotomy by Laser		$3,818.47	$3,818.47	—	— file

Outpatient: lowest $1,570.40, median $2,694.44, highest $3,818.47 — a 2.4× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $2,694.44. 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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