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Surgery and procedures CPT 66821 Washington Outpatient

YAG laser capsulotomy cost in Washington

In Washington, 6 hospitals publish a cash price for laser treatment of clouding after cataract surgery (YAG): from $136.00 to $1,498.65, with a median of $895.78. The lowest price is at Klickitat Valley Hospital (Goldendale). The highest price is 11.0× the lowest.

  • The median here, $895.78, is 20% below the US median of $1,120.76.
  • That is 1.6× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($561.91).
  • Washington ranks 15th of 33 states by median, cheapest first.
  • Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.

Washington law (RCW 70.170.060) requires hospital charity care: patients with family income up to 300% of the federal poverty level owe nothing at hospitals in large health systems (200% at other hospitals), with 75% and 50% discounts up to 400% (300% at other hospitals). It covers the part of the bill a patient owes, insured or not. Ask the hospital for its charity care 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 Oct 14, 2026. See them on a map

Lowest$136.00Klickitat Valley Hospital
Median$895.78half of hospitals charge less
Highest$1,498.65in Washington
Lowest saves$759.78vs the median

Hospitals in Washington, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceFile date
Klickitat Valley Hospital lowest Goldendale · Goldendale, WA AFTER CATARACT LASER SURGERY $136.00 $170.00 Dec 2, 2024
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Valley Medical Center Renton · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Post-Cataract Laser Surgery $440.30 $629.00 Mar 12, 2026
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Confluence Health Hospital Wenatchee · Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA HC After Cataract Laser Surgery--Pbb $616.50 $685.00 Aug 10, 2026
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Othello Community Hospital Othello · Othello, WA Removal of recurring cataract in lens capsule using a laser $1,175.06 $1,566.75 Jul 1, 2026
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Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA DISCISSION OF SECONDARY MEMBRANOUS CATARACT, LASER SURG-FAC $1,183.20 $2,320.00 Jan 1, 2026
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Mason General Hospital & Family of Clinics Shelton · Shelton, WA 66821 Discission of secondary membranous cataract; laser surgery (1 or more stages) $1,498.65 $1,998.20 Mar 10, 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
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 2 $440.30 $811.75
Goldendale, WA 1 $136.00 $136.00
Othello, WA 1 $1,175.06 $1,175.06
Shelton, WA 1 $1,498.65 $1,498.65
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA 1 $616.50 $616.50
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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Median cash price across the state's hospitals.