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Surgery and procedures CPT 66821 Colorado Outpatient

YAG laser capsulotomy cost in Colorado

In Colorado, 7 hospitals publish a cash price for laser treatment of clouding after cataract surgery (YAG): from $415.13 to $2,870.00, with a median of $1,746.00. The lowest price is at Denver Health and Hospital Authority (Denver). The highest price is 6.9× the lowest.

  • The median here, $1,746.00, is 56% above the US median of $1,120.76.
  • That is 3.1× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($561.91).
  • Colorado ranks 31st of 33 states by median, cheapest first.
  • 2 of 7 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.

Colorado's Hospital Discounted Care law (HB21-1198): for qualifying patients with household income at or below 250% of the federal poverty level, hospitals and the clinicians who work in them may charge no more than the greater of the Medicare rate or the Medicaid base rate, and monthly payments are capped. That can be less than the cash prices below; ask the hospital to screen you for discounted care. Other states' laws.

Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 66821. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 9, 2026. See them on a map

Lowest$415.13Denver Health and Hospital Authority
Median$1,746.00half of hospitals charge less
Highest$2,870.00in Colorado
Lowest saves$1,330.87vs the median

Hospitals in Colorado, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceFile date
Denver Health and Hospital Authority lowest Denver · Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO HC LASER CAPSULOTOMY, YAG $415.13 $1,186.08 Apr 30, 2026
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Wray Community District Hospital Wray · Wray, CO Yag Procedure $536.49 $715.32 Mar 1, 2024
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Yuma Disctrict Hospital Yuma · Yuma, CO 66821 YAG/LASER CAPSULOTOM $1,245.75 $1,661.00 May 28, 2026
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Lincoln Health Hugo · Hugo, CO After cataract laser surgery $1,746.00 $1,746.00 Jun 4, 2026
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Melissa Memorial Hospital Holyoke · Holyoke, CO Removal of recurring cataract in lens capsule using a laser $1,965.60 $2,457.00 Nov 7, 2026
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Gunnison Valley Hospital Gunnison · Gunnison, CO Removal of recurring cataract in lens capsule using a laser $2,102.90 $2,474.00 Jul 10, 2026
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Animas Surgical Hospital Durango · Durango, CO AFTER CATARACT LASER SURGERY $2,870.00 $2,870.00 Mar 16, 2026
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Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
File date When the hospital last updated its price file, as the file says itself. A dash means the file gives no date.
At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking. More
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More

By metro area

Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.

Metro areaHospitalsLowestMedian
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO 1 $415.13 $415.13
Durango, CO 1 $2,870.00 $2,870.00
Gunnison, CO 1 $2,102.90 $2,102.90
Holyoke, CO 1 $1,965.60 $1,965.60
Hugo, CO 1 $1,746.00 $1,746.00
Wray, CO 1 $536.49 $536.49
Yuma, CO 1 $1,245.75 $1,245.75
Market A metro area (as the Census Bureau defines it) or, outside metro areas, a town. Each links to every hospital price there.
Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.
Lowest The lowest cash price among those hospitals.
Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More

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Laser treatment of clouding after cataract surgery (YAG) in other states

Median cash price across the state's hospitals.