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Surgery and procedures CPT 66821 Oregon Outpatient

YAG laser capsulotomy cost in Oregon

In Oregon, 5 hospitals publish a cash price for laser treatment of clouding after cataract surgery (YAG): from $616.20 to $1,472.20, with a median of $1,236.00. The lowest price is at Saint Alphonsus Medical Center - Baker City (Baker City). The highest price is 2.4× the lowest.

  • The median here, $1,236.00, is 10% above the US median of $1,120.76.
  • That is 2.2× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($561.91).
  • Oregon ranks 21st of 33 states by median, cheapest first.
  • Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.

Oregon law (ORS 442.614) requires nonprofit hospitals to cut what patients owe for medically necessary care by 100% for household income up to 200% of the federal poverty level, and by at least 75%, 50% or 25% up to 400%. Ask the hospital for its financial assistance application. 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 8, 2026. See them on a map

Lowest$616.20Saint Alphonsus Medical Center - Baker City
Median$1,236.00half of hospitals charge less
Highest$1,472.20in Oregon
Lowest saves$619.80vs the median

Hospitals in Oregon, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceFile date
Saint Alphonsus Medical Center - Baker City one side lowest Baker City · Baker City, OR HC Discission Cataract Secondary Membranous Laser Surgery Rt $616.20 $948.00 Mar 31, 2026
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St. Anthony Hospital one side Pendleton · Hermiston-Pendleton, OR CATARACT AFTER LASER SURG RT $812.14 $1,563.00 Sep 30, 2026
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Harney District Hospital Burns · Burns, OR HC (H)CATARACT LASER SURGERY $1,236.00 $1,545.00 Aug 7, 2026
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Oregon Health & Science University Portland · Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA HB Yag Laser $1,259.05 $1,937.00 Mar 23, 2026
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Lake Health District Lakeview · Lakeview, OR Removal of recurring cataract in lens capsule using a laser $1,472.20 $1,732.00 Jun 19, 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

By metro area

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

Metro areaHospitalsLowestMedian
Burns, OR 1 $1,236.00 $1,236.00
Baker City, OR 1 $616.20 $616.20
Hermiston-Pendleton, OR 1 $812.14 $812.14
Lakeview, OR 1 $1,472.20 $1,472.20
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 1 $1,259.05 $1,259.05
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

Median cash price across the state's hospitals.