Cataract surgery with lens implant in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — inpatient
In New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, 3 hospitals list a cash price for Cataract surgery with lens implant as an inpatient: from $614.50 to $5,600.00, with a median of $1,432.90. The lowest listed price is at St. Barnabas Hospital.
Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 66984, 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 | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Barnabas Hospital lowest Bronx, NY PR XCAPSL CTRC RMVL INSJ IO LENS PROSTH W/O ECP | $614.50 | $2,233.98 | 72% | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| Nassau Health Care Corporation East Meadow, NY XCAPSL CTRC RMVL W/O ECP | $1,432.90 | $2,047.00 | 30% | Oct 28, 2025 source file |
| Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn, NY XCAPSL CTRC RMVL W/O ECP | $5,600.00 | $5,600.00 | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Inpatient: lowest $614.50, median $1,432.90, highest $5,600.00 — a 9.1× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 26 facilities here, median $2,698.92 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
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.