YAG laser capsulotomy cost in Indiana
In Indiana, 9 hospitals publish a cash price for laser treatment of clouding after cataract surgery (YAG): from $1,033.90 to $15,731.94, with a median of $2,082.87. The lowest price is at Perry County Memorial Hospital (Tell City). The highest price is 15.2× the lowest.
- The median here, $2,082.87, is 86% above the US median of $1,120.76.
- That is 3.7× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($561.91).
- Indiana ranks 32nd of 33 states by median, cheapest first.
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
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 Oct 15, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$1,033.90Perry County Memorial Hospital
Median$2,082.87half of hospitals charge less
Highest$15,731.94in Indiana
Lowest saves$1,048.97vs the median
Hospitals in Indiana, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perry County Memorial Hospital lowest Tell City · Tell City, IN YAG CAPSULOTOMY | $1,033.90 | $1,477.00 | Oct 13, 2026 source file |
| Pulaski Memorial Hospital Winamac · Winamac, IN Removal of recurring cataract in lens capsule using a laser | $1,209.67 | $1,728.10 | Jul 7, 2026 source file |
| Riverview Health Noblesville · Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN LASER YAG TREATMENT | $1,230.60 | $2,051.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Ascension St Vincent Evansville Evansville · Evansville, IN POST-CATARACT LASER SURGERY | $1,837.20 | $3,062.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Northwest Health - Porter Valparaiso · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN AFTER CATARACT LASER SURGERY | $2,082.87 | $7,714.33 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Hendricks Regional Health Danville · Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN HB LASER TREATMENT EYE | $2,222.00 | $5,555.00 | May 20, 2026 source file |
| Dupont Hospital Fort Wayne · Fort Wayne, IN AFTER CATARACT LASER SURGERY | $4,533.42 | $16,790.46 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Eskenazi Health Indianapolis · Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN HC Yag Capsultomy | $4,784.40 | $5,316.00 | Mar 1, 2026 source file |
| St. Joseph Health System Fort Wayne · Fort Wayne, IN AFTER CATARACT LASER SURGERY | $15,731.94 | $65,549.75 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
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.
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN | 3 | $1,230.60 | $2,222.00 |
| Fort Wayne, IN | 2 | $4,533.42 | $10,132.68 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | 1 | $2,082.87 | $2,082.87 |
| Evansville, IN | 1 | $1,837.20 | $1,837.20 |
| Tell City, IN | 1 | $1,033.90 | $1,033.90 |
| Winamac, IN | 1 | $1,209.67 | $1,209.67 |
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
What YAG laser capsulotomy is, what the price covers and why prices differ: YAG laser capsulotomy explained.
Laser treatment of clouding after cataract surgery (YAG) in other states
- Alabama$490.00
- Alaska$1,560.00, 1 hospital
- Arizona$725.19, 4 hospitals
- Arkansas$750.00
- California$1,620.67
- Colorado$1,746.00
- Connecticut$1,994.72, 3 hospitals
- Delaware$2,577.20, 1 hospital
- District of Columbia$1,893.96, 1 hospital
- Florida$1,294.40
- Georgia$424.20
- Hawaii$2,340.80, 3 hospitals
- Idaho$1,535.00
- Illinois$665.00
- Iowa$678.00
- Kansas$1,157.88
- Kentucky$1,523.25
- Louisiana$458.42
- Maine$323.61, 3 hospitals
- Maryland$1,227.18, 2 hospitals
- Massachusetts$2,217.00
- Michigan$1,518.00
- Minnesota$1,601.10
- Mississippi$635.50
- Missouri$761.40
- Montana$722.25, 4 hospitals
- Nebraska$782.50
- Nevada$963.50, 2 hospitals
- New Hampshire$959.31, 1 hospital
- New Jersey$709.71
- New Mexico$507.10, 1 hospital
- New York$1,255.00
- North Carolina$577.36
- North Dakota$751.55
- Ohio$1,411.20
- Oklahoma$1,029.34, 2 hospitals
- Oregon$1,236.00
- Pennsylvania$927.52
- Rhode Island$615.00, 1 hospital
- South Carolina$758.00, 4 hospitals
- South Dakota$1,217.00, 3 hospitals
- Tennessee$887.41
- Texas$1,327.05
- Utah$1,459.40, 2 hospitals
- Vermont$1,081.08
- Virginia$1,077.50
- Washington$895.78
- West Virginia$738.79
- Wisconsin$1,175.20
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.