YAG laser capsulotomy cost in Tennessee
In Tennessee, 22 hospitals publish a cash price for laser treatment of clouding after cataract surgery (YAG): from $251.55 to $2,943.86, with a median of $887.41. The lowest price is at Bristol Regional Medical Center (Bristol) and 7 other hospitals. The highest price is 11.7× the lowest.
- The median here, $887.41, is 21% below the US median of $1,120.76.
- That is 1.6× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($561.91).
- Tennessee ranks 14th 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 30, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$251.55Bristol Regional Medical Center + 7 more
Median$887.41half of hospitals charge less
Highest$2,943.86in Tennessee
Lowest saves$635.86vs the median
Hospitals in Tennessee, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bristol Regional Medical Center lowest Bristol · Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA HC POST-CATARACT LASER SURGERY | $251.55 | $1,677.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Franklin Woods Community Hospital lowest Johnson City · Johnson City, TN HC POST-CATARACT LASER SURGERY | $251.55 | $1,677.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Greeneville Community Hospital lowest Greeneville · Greeneville, TN HC POST-CATARACT LASER SURGERY | $251.55 | $1,677.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Hawkins County Memorial Hospital lowest Rogersville · Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA HC POST-CATARACT LASER SURGERY | $251.55 | $1,677.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Holston Valley Medical Center lowest Kingsport · Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA HC POST-CATARACT LASER SURGERY | $251.55 | $1,677.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Indian Path Community Hospital lowest Kingsport · Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA HC POST-CATARACT LASER SURGERY | $251.55 | $1,677.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Johnson City Medical Center lowest Johnson City · Johnson City, TN HC POST-CATARACT LASER SURGERY | $251.55 | $1,677.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Sycamore Shoals Hospital lowest Elizabethton · Johnson City, TN HC POST-CATARACT LASER SURGERY | $251.55 | $1,677.00 | Mar 23, 2026 source file |
| Erlanger Bledsoe Hospital Pikeville · Pikeville, TN HC Post Capsulotomy | $383.50 | $1,327.00 | Jan 25, 2026 source file |
| Saint Thomas Hospital for Specialty Surgery Nashville · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN AFTER CATARACT LASER SURGERY | $687.66 | — | Apr 14, 2026 source file |
| Erlanger Health Chattanooga · Chattanooga, TN-GA HC Post Capsulotomy | $700.66 | $1,327.00 | Jan 25, 2026 source file |
| Vanderbilt Bedford Hospital Shelbyville · Shelbyville, TN HC DISCIS CATARACT SEC MEM LASER | $1,074.16 | $3,704.00 | Oct 1, 2026 source file |
| Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital Tullahoma · Tullahoma-Manchester, TN HC DISCIS CATARACT SEC MEM LASER | $1,074.16 | $3,704.00 | Oct 1, 2026 source file |
| Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital Lebanon · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN HC DISCIS CATARACT SEC MEM LASER | $1,074.16 | $3,704.00 | Oct 1, 2026 source file |
| Metro Nashville General Hospital Nashville · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN 66821 Discission of secondary membranous cataract (opacified posterior lens capsule and/or anterior | $1,079.40 | $1,799.00 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Saint Thomas West Hospital Harding Pk Nashville · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN LASER CAPSULOTOMY | $1,473.14 | $4,910.45 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Methodist Lebonheur Childrens Hosp Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR Post-Cataract Laser Surgery | $2,875.01 | $13,068.22 | Mar 19, 2026 source file |
| Methodist North Hospital Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR Post-Cataract Laser Surgery | $2,875.01 | $13,068.22 | Mar 19, 2026 source file |
| Methodist South Hospital Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR Post-Cataract Laser Surgery | $2,875.01 | $13,068.22 | Mar 19, 2026 source file |
| Methodist University Hospital Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR Post-Cataract Laser Surgery | $2,875.01 | $13,068.22 | Mar 19, 2026 source file |
| Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown Hospital Germantown · Memphis, TN-MS-AR Post-Cataract Laser Surgery | $2,875.01 | $13,068.22 | Mar 19, 2026 source file |
| STRHS Pulaski Pulaski · Pulaski, TN Discission of secondary membranous cataract (opacified posterior lens capsule and/or anterior hyaloid); laser surgery (eg, YAG laser) (1 or more stages) | $2,943.86 | $10,047.30 | Jul 14, 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
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 5 | $2,875.01 | $2,875.01 |
| Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA | 4 | $251.55 | $251.55 |
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | 4 | $687.66 | $1,076.78 |
| Johnson City, TN | 3 | $251.55 | $251.55 |
| Chattanooga, TN-GA | 1 | $700.66 | $700.66 |
| Greeneville, TN | 1 | $251.55 | $251.55 |
| Pikeville, TN | 1 | $383.50 | $383.50 |
| Pulaski, TN | 1 | $2,943.86 | $2,943.86 |
| Shelbyville, TN | 1 | $1,074.16 | $1,074.16 |
| Tullahoma-Manchester, TN | 1 | $1,074.16 | $1,074.16 |
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
- 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
- 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.