Surgery and procedures CPT 66984 Outpatient

Cataract surgery with lens implant in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

In Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, 15 hospitals list a cash price for Cataract surgery with lens implant: from $936.62 to $18,447.52, with a median of $5,044.00. The lowest listed price is at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

Cash prices at 15 facilities across 13 cities for code 66984, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Nov 26, 2025 and Sep 1, 2026.

Lowest$936.62Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Median$5,044.00half pay less
Highest$18,447.52in this market
Difference19.7×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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA.

median
Lowest $936.62Highest $18,447.52

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center lowest Los Angeles, CA Outpatient Surgical Group 8 $936.62 $1,440.95 35% Nov 26, 2025
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Cedars-Sinai Marina Hospital Marina del Rey, CA Ambulatory Surgery û Cigna Grouper Schedule* Grouper 8 $991.47 $1,525.34 35% Nov 26, 2025
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Cedars-Sinai Marina Hospital Marina del Rey, CA Outpatient Surgical Services $1,550.64 $2,385.60 35% Nov 26, 2025
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Centinela Hospital Medical Center Inglewood, CA Xcapsl ctrc rmvl w/o ecp $2,953.00 $12,115.40 76% Sep 1, 2026
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Encino Hospital Medical Center Encino, CA Xcapsl ctrc rmvl w/o ecp $2,953.00 $5,180.18 43% Sep 1, 2026
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La Palma Intercommunity Hospital La Palma, CA Xcapsl Ctrc Rmvl W/O Ecp $2,953.00 $12,508.10 76% Sep 1, 2026
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St Jude Hospital Inc Fullerton, CA HC CATARACT REMOVE W/IOL ETRACAPSULAR $4,018.56 $8,372.00 52% Apr 1, 2026
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Panorama City Panorama City, CA XCAPSL CTRC RMVL INSJ IO LENS PROSTH W/O ECP $5,044.00 $9,700.00 48%
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South Bay Harbor City, CA XCAPSL CTRC RMVL INSJ IO LENS PROSTH W/O ECP $5,044.00 $9,700.00 48%
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Woodland Hills Woodland Hills, CA XCAPSL CTRC RMVL INSJ IO LENS PROSTH W/O ECP $5,044.00 $9,700.00 48%
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Orange County - Anaheim Anaheim, CA XCAPSL CTRC RMVL INSJ IO LENS PROSTH W/O ECP $5,044.00 $9,700.00 48%
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Orange County - Irvine Irvine, CA XCAPSL CTRC RMVL INSJ IO LENS PROSTH W/O ECP $5,044.00 $9,700.00 48%
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Downey Downey, CA XCAPSL CTRC RMVL INSJ IO LENS PROSTH W/O ECP $5,044.00 $9,700.00 48%
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Baldwin Park Baldwin Park, CA XCAPSL CTRC RMVL INSJ IO LENS PROSTH W/O ECP $5,044.00 $9,700.00 48%
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Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA XCAPSL CTRC RMVL INSJ IO LENS PROSTH W/O ECP $5,044.00 $9,700.00 48%
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Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA Outpatient Grouper - 3 $5,642.80 $8,681.23 35% Nov 26, 2025
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Keck Hospital of USC Los Angeles, CA Xcapsl Ctrc Rmvl Insj Io Lens Prosth W/O Ecp $7,774.00 $7,774.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Cedars-Sinai Marina Hospital Marina del Rey, CA OPG - 3 $18,447.52 $28,380.80 35% Nov 26, 2025
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Outpatient: lowest $936.62, median $5,044.00, highest $18,447.52 — a 19.7× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 10 facilities here, median $5,044.00. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

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.