Complex cataract surgery cost in New York, NY — inpatient
In New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, 4 hospitals list a cash price for complex cataract surgery with lens implant as an inpatient: from $841.85 to $11,000.00, with a median of $2,243.98. The lowest listed price is at St. Barnabas Hospital — $1,402.13 less than the median here. Across New York, the median is $2,719.14 at 20 hospitals.
Cash prices at 4 facilities across 4 cities for code 66982, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Oct 28, 2025 and Apr 1, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Barnabas Hospital lowest Bronx, NY · (212) 960-9000 PR XCAPSL CTRC RMVL INSJ IO LENS PROSTH CPLX WO ECP | $841.85 | $3,057.04 | $581.60–$1,869.41 | 72% | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Nassau University Medical Center East Meadow, NY · (516) 572-0123 XCAPSL CTRC RMVL CPLX WO ECP | $1,963.50 | $2,805.00 | $706.22–$1,036.24 | 30% | Oct 28, 2025 source file |
| Nassau University Medical Center East Meadow, NY · (516) 572-0123 Cataract Surgery Complex | $2,353.81 | $3,362.58 | — | 30% | Oct 28, 2025 source file |
| Hmh Hospitals Neptune City, NJ XCAPSULAR CATARACT RMVL INSJ LENS PROSTH 1 STG | $2,524.45 | $6,325.00 | $1,049.95–$6,325.00 | 60% | Dec 31, 2025 source file |
| Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn, NY · (718) 283-6000 XCAPSL CTRC RMVL CPLX WO ECP | $11,000.00 | $11,000.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Inpatient: lowest $841.85, median $2,243.98, highest $11,000.00 — a 13.1× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 22 facilities here, median $2,525.55 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
Cash or insurance?
At 2 of 3 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. 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
Complex cataract surgery removes a cloudy lens and implants an artificial one when extra devices or techniques are needed.
What the price covers
The hospital price usually covers the operating room, recovery and supplies. The surgeon and anesthesia usually bill separately.