Cataract surgery with lens implant in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
In Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN, 2 hospitals list a cash price for Cataract surgery with lens implant: from $832.88 to $1,550.88, with a median of $1,191.88. The lowest listed price is at Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital.
Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 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 Oct 1, 2025 and Oct 1, 2025.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital lowest Lebanon, TN XCAPSL CTRC RMVL INSJ IO LENS PROSTH W/O ECP | $832.88 | $2,872.00 | 71% | Oct 1, 2025 source file |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, TN XCAPSL CTRC RMVL INSJ IO LENS PROSTH W/O ECP | $1,550.88 | $2,872.00 | 46% | Oct 1, 2025 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $832.88, median $1,191.88, highest $1,550.88 — a 1.9× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $1,191.88. 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.