YAG laser capsulotomy cost in Michigan
In Michigan, 32 hospitals publish a cash price for laser treatment of clouding after cataract surgery (YAG): from $329.00 to $1,910.00, with a median of $1,518.00. The lowest price is at University of Michigan Health-Sparrow Clinton (St. Johns) and 2 other hospitals. The highest price is 5.8× the lowest.
- The median here, $1,518.00, is 35% above the US median of $1,120.76.
- That is 2.7× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($561.91).
- Michigan ranks 26th of 33 states by median, cheapest first.
- 18 of 32 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
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 26, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$329.00University of Michigan Health-Sparrow Clinton + 2 more
Median$1,518.00half of hospitals charge less
Highest$1,910.00in Michigan
Lowest saves$1,189.00vs the median
Hospitals in Michigan, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Michigan Health-Sparrow Clinton lowest St. Johns · Lansing-East Lansing, MI PR POST-CATARACT LASER SURGERY | $329.00 | $658.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| University of Michigan Health-Sparrow Eaton lowest Charlotte · Lansing-East Lansing, MI PR POST-CATARACT LASER SURGERY | $329.00 | $658.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| University of Michigan Health-Sparrow Ionia lowest Ionia · Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI PR POST-CATARACT LASER SURGERY | $329.00 | $658.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Memorial Healthcare Owosso · Owosso, MI POST CATARACT LASER-PhHOSP | $472.80 | $591.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Deckerville Community Hospital Deckerville · Deckerville, MI Post-Cataract Laser Surgery | $486.40 | $640.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| St Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor one side Ypsilanti · Ypsilanti, MI HC Discission Cataract Secondary Membranous Laser Surgery Lt | $666.90 | $1,026.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| University of Michigan Health Ann Arbor · Ann Arbor, MI HC-Discission,2nd Cataract,Laser | $751.20 | $1,878.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Henry Ford Health Hospital Detroit · Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI HB DISCISSION 2ND CATARACT LASER SURGERY | $756.27 | $1,107.00 | Jun 28, 2026 source file |
| Henry Ford Health West Bloomfield Hospital West Bloomfield · Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI HB DISCISSION 2ND CATARACT LASER SURGERY | $756.27 | $1,107.00 | Jun 28, 2026 source file |
| Baraga County Memorial Hospital Lanse · Lanse, MI CLOUDY AFTER-CATARACT MEMBRANE | $818.00 | $818.00 | Jun 23, 2026 source file |
| Helen Newberry Joy Hospital Newberry · Newberry, MI Removal of recurring cataract in lens capsule using a laser | $1,088.01 | $1,727.00 | Sep 2, 2026 source file |
| Mackinac Straits Hospital and Health Center Saint Ignace · Saint Ignace, MI Removal of recurring cataract in lens capsule using a laser | $1,102.80 | $1,838.00 | Oct 15, 2026 source file |
| Aspirus Iron River Hospital Iron River · Iron River, MI Fac Post-Cataract Laser Surgery | $1,175.20 | $1,808.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Aspirus Ironwood Hospital Ironwood · Ironwood, MI Fac Post-Cataract Laser Surgery | $1,175.20 | $1,808.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital Laurium · Houghton, MI Fac Post-Cataract Laser Surgery | $1,175.20 | $1,808.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Corewell Health Big Rapids Hospital Big Rapids · Big Rapids, MI Hc Post-Cataract Laser Surgery | $1,518.00 | $1,518.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Corewell Health Gerber Hospital Fremont · Fremont, MI Hc Post-Cataract Laser Surgery | $1,518.00 | $1,518.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Corewell Health Greenville Hospital Greenville · Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Hc Post-Cataract Laser Surgery | $1,518.00 | $1,518.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Corewell Health Ludington Hospital Ludington · Ludington, MI HC POST-CATARACT LASER SURGERY | $1,518.00 | $1,518.00 | May 1, 2026 source file |
| Corewell Health Pennock Hospital Hastings · Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI HC POST-CATARACT LASER SURGERY | $1,518.00 | $1,518.00 | May 1, 2026 source file |
| Corewell Health Reed City Hospital Reed City · Reed City, MI Hc Post-Cataract Laser Surgery | $1,518.00 | $1,518.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Corewell Health Zeeland Community Hospital Zeeland · Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI HC POST-CATARACT LASER SURGERY | $1,518.00 | $1,518.00 | May 1, 2026 source file |
| Corewell Health Blodgett Hospital East Grand Rapids · Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Hc Post-Cataract Laser Surgery | $1,687.00 | $1,687.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Corewell Health Butterworth Hospital Grand Rapids · Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Hc Post-Cataract Laser Surgery | $1,687.00 | $1,687.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Beaumont Hospital - Dearborn Dearborn · Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI HC LASER CAPSULOTOMY | $1,910.00 | $1,910.00 | May 1, 2026 source file |
| Beaumont Hospital - Grosse Pointe Grosse Pointe · Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI HC LASER CAPSULOTOMY | $1,910.00 | $1,910.00 | May 1, 2026 source file |
| Beaumont Hospital - Taylor Taylor · Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI HC LASER CAPSULOTOMY | $1,910.00 | $1,910.00 | May 1, 2026 source file |
| Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak Royal Oak · Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI HC LASER CAPSULOTOMY | $1,910.00 | $1,910.00 | May 1, 2026 source file |
| Beaumont Hospital, Troy Troy · Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI HC LASER CAPSULOTOMY | $1,910.00 | $1,910.00 | May 1, 2026 source file |
| Corewell Health Farmington Hills Hospital Farmington Hills · Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI HC LASER CAPSULOTOMY | $1,910.00 | $1,910.00 | May 1, 2026 source file |
| Corewell Health Trenton Hospital Trenton · Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Hc Laser Capsulotomy | $1,910.00 | $1,910.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Corewell Health Wayne Hospital Wayne · Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI HC LASER CAPSULOTOMY | $1,910.00 | $1,910.00 | May 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.
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 area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | 10 | $756.27 | $1,910.00 |
| Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI | 6 | $329.00 | $1,518.00 |
| Lansing-East Lansing, MI | 2 | $329.00 | $329.00 |
| Ann Arbor, MI | 1 | $751.20 | $751.20 |
| Big Rapids, MI | 1 | $1,518.00 | $1,518.00 |
| Deckerville, MI | 1 | $486.40 | $486.40 |
| Fremont, MI | 1 | $1,518.00 | $1,518.00 |
| Houghton, MI | 1 | $1,175.20 | $1,175.20 |
| Iron River, MI | 1 | $1,175.20 | $1,175.20 |
| Ironwood, MI | 1 | $1,175.20 | $1,175.20 |
| Lanse, MI | 1 | $818.00 | $818.00 |
| Ludington, MI | 1 | $1,518.00 | $1,518.00 |
| Newberry, MI | 1 | $1,088.01 | $1,088.01 |
| Owosso, MI | 1 | $472.80 | $472.80 |
| Reed City, MI | 1 | $1,518.00 | $1,518.00 |
| Saint Ignace, MI | 1 | $1,102.80 | $1,102.80 |
| Ypsilanti, MI | 1 | $666.90 | $666.90 |
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
- Indiana$2,082.87
- 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
- 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.