Cataract surgery cost in Lexington, KY
In Lexington-Fayette, KY, 3 hospitals list a cash price for cataract surgery with lens implant: from $3,790.91 to $6,875.30, with a median of $4,459.21. The lowest listed price is at Bluegrass Community Hospital — $668.30 less than the median here. Across Kentucky, the median is $5,152.84 at 5 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 66984, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Lexington-Fayette, KY.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bluegrass Community Hospital lowest Versailles, KY · (859) 879-2300 Extracapsular cataract removal with insertion of intraocular lens prosthesis (1 stage procedure), manual or mechanical technique (eg, irrigation and aspiration or phacoemulsification); without endoscopic cyclophotocoagulation | $3,790.91 | $9,477.28 | $2,843.18–$9,477.28 | 60% | — source file |
| Clark Regional Medical Center Winchester, KY · (859) 737-8559 Extracapsular cataract removal with insertion of intraocular lens prosthesis (1 stage procedure), manual or mechanical technique (eg, irrigation and aspiration or phacoemulsification); without endoscopic cyclophotocoagulation | $4,459.21 | $11,148.02 | $9,113.00 | 60% | — source file |
| Georgetown Community Hospital Georgetown, KY · (502) 868-1100 Extracapsular cataract removal with insertion of intraocular lens prosthesis (1 stage procedure), manual or mechanical technique (eg, irrigation and aspiration or phacoemulsification); without endoscopic cyclophotocoagulation | $6,875.30 | $17,188.25 | $12,907.00 | 60% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $3,790.91, median $4,459.21, highest $6,875.30 — a 1.8× difference within the same market.
Cash or insurance?
At 3 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 2 it is 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
Cataract surgery removes the cloudy natural lens of the eye and replaces it with a clear artificial lens (intraocular lens). It is one of the most common surgeries in the US and is done on one eye at a time.
What the price covers
The facility price covers the operating room and a standard lens. The surgeon's fee, anesthesia, and upgraded lenses (toric or multifocal) are usually billed separately.