SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source

Cataract surgery with lens implant in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA

Cash prices at 4 facilities across 3 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 Sep 1, 2026 and Sep 1, 2026.

HospitalCash price List priceOffFile date
Paradise Valley Hospital NATIONAL CITY, CA
Xcapsl ctrc rmvl w/o ecp
$2,953.00 $16,498.00 82% Sep 1, 2026
file
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN DIEGO - CLAIREMONT MESA SAN DIEGO, CA
XCAPSL CTRC RMVL INSJ IO LENS PROSTH W/O ECP
$5,044.00 $9,700.00 48%
file
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN DIEGO - ZION SAN DIEGO, CA
XCAPSL CTRC RMVL INSJ IO LENS PROSTH W/O ECP
$5,044.00 $9,700.00 48%
file
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN MARCOS SAN MARCOS, CA
XCAPSL CTRC RMVL INSJ IO LENS PROSTH W/O ECP
$5,044.00 $9,700.00 48%
file

Outpatient: lowest $2,953.00, median $5,044.00, highest $5,044.00 — a 1.7× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 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.

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