Cataract surgery with lens implant in Raleigh-Cary, NC
In Raleigh-Cary, NC, 1 hospital lists a cash price for Cataract surgery with lens implant: from $783.00 to $1,174.50, with a median of $978.75.
Cash prices at 1 facility 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 — 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 Raleigh-Cary, NC.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DUKE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM, INC. Doing Business As: DUKE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL lowest Raleigh, NC Rmvl Catarc W Iol Extrcp WO Ndsc Cyclophotocoagulation | $783.00 | $2,900.00 | 73% | — source file |
| DUKE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM, INC. Doing Business As: DUKE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL Raleigh, NC Rmvl Catarc W Iol Extrcp WO Ndsc Cyclophotocoagulation | $1,174.50 | $4,350.00 | 73% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $783.00, median $978.75, highest $1,174.50 — a 1.5× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $978.75. 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.