Surgery and procedures CPT 66982 194 markets

Complex cataract surgery cost without insurance

Across 194 US markets, hospitals list an outpatient cash price for complex cataract surgery with lens implant from $360.57 to $45,429.00. The median market price is $3,091.00. Prices come from each hospital's own price file; pick your area below to compare hospitals side by side.

Collected Sep 25, 2026 Each price links to its source file All Cataract surgery costs

Lowest$360.57any market
Median market$3,091.00middle of market medians
Highest$45,429.00any market
Listings329hospital prices

What it is

Complex cataract surgery removes a cloudy lens and implants an artificial one when extra devices or techniques are needed.

What the price covers

The hospital price usually covers the operating room, recovery and supplies. The surgeon and anesthesia usually bill separately.

Why prices differ

Ambulatory surgery centers often charge much less than hospitals, and hospital prices for the same operation vary widely.

What to ask

Ask whether the self-pay price for CPT 66982 is a bundled price that includes the surgeon, anesthesia and follow-up visits.

Prices by state

Median outpatient cash price, one line per hospital. Pick a state to see every hospital, cheapest first.

Prices by market

Outpatient cash prices. “×” is how many times the highest price in that market exceeds the lowest.

MarketHospitalsLowest MedianHighest×
Anna, IL single city 1 $1,378.30 $1,378.30 $1,378.30 1.0×
Antigo, WI single city 1 $4,269.20 $4,269.20 $4,269.20 1.0×
Akron, OH 1 $1,575.60 $1,575.60 $1,575.60 1.0×
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 1 $3,187.24 $3,187.24 $3,187.24 1.0×
Anchorage, AK 1 $6,869.00 $6,869.00 $6,869.00 1.0×
Ann Arbor, MI 1 $1,454.40 $1,454.40 $1,454.40 1.0×
Appleton, WI 2 $4,048.18 $4,048.18 $4,048.18 1.0×
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA 9 $10,558.00 $10,558.00 $45,429.00 4.3×
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ 1 $2,985.94 $2,985.94 $2,985.94 1.0×
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX 7 $5,252.39 $5,252.39 $5,252.39 1.0×
Bad Axe, MI single city 1 $1,398.70 $1,398.70 $1,398.70 1.0×
Berlin, WI single city 1 $4,048.18 $4,048.18 $4,048.18 1.0×
Berryville, AR single city 1 $5,144.79 $5,144.79 $5,144.79 1.0×
Buckhannon, WV single city 1 $780.50 $780.50 $780.50 1.0×
Baker City, OR 1 $1,366.95 $1,366.95 $1,366.95 1.0×
Bakersfield-Delano, CA 1 $840.69 $840.69 $840.69 1.0×
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD 1 $1,325.00 $1,325.00 $1,325.00 1.0×
Bangor, ME 1 $433.23 $433.23 $433.23 1.0×
Bay City, MI 1 $1,398.70 $1,398.70 $1,398.70 1.0×
Bennington, VT 1 $1,534.93 $1,534.93 $1,534.93 1.0×
Birmingham, AL 1 $5,935.00 $5,935.00 $5,935.00 1.0×
Boise City, ID 2 $5,599.00 $5,599.00 $5,599.00 1.0×
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH 2 $1,201.50 $4,186.15 $7,170.80 6.0×
Brenham, TX 1 $4,403.18 $4,403.18 $4,403.18 1.0×
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY 1 $9,711.00 $9,711.00 $9,711.00 1.0×
Burlington-South Burlington, VT 1 $3,068.00 $3,068.00 $3,068.00 1.0×
Cades, SC single city 1 $1,731.50 $1,731.50 $1,731.50 1.0×
Caro, MI single city 1 $1,398.70 $1,398.70 $1,398.70 1.0×
Cedar Rapids, IA single city 1 $1,862.40 $1,862.40 $1,862.40 1.0×
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 5 $4,235.67 $4,235.67 $4,235.67 1.0×
Cedar Rapids, IA 1 $1,862.40 $1,862.40 $1,862.40 1.0×
Charleston, WV 1 $4,996.00 $4,996.00 $4,996.00 1.0×
Charleston-North Charleston, SC 1 $2,565.00 $2,565.00 $2,565.00 1.0×
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC 3 $8,063.00 $8,063.00 $8,063.00 1.0×
Chattanooga, TN-GA 1 $896.02 $896.02 $896.02 1.0×
Cheyenne, WY 1 $2,903.31 $2,903.31 $2,903.31 1.0×
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN 8 $561.68 $16,123.95 $21,606.07 38.5×
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN 1 $2,714.73 $2,714.73 $2,714.73 1.0×
Cleveland, OH 3 $1,775.64 $2,931.50 $3,980.75 2.2×
Clinton, IA 1 $11,790.12 $11,790.12 $11,790.12 1.0×
College Station-Bryan, TX 1 $4,403.18 $4,403.18 $4,403.18 1.0×
Columbus, IN 1 $5,766.73 $5,766.73 $5,766.73 1.0×
Columbus, OH 1 $3,260.70 $3,260.70 $3,260.70 1.0×
Coos Bay-North Bend, OR 1 $1,596.76 $1,596.76 $1,596.76 1.0×
Corning, NY 1 $2,815.34 $2,815.34 $2,815.34 1.0×
Cortland, NY 1 $2,815.34 $2,815.34 $2,815.34 1.0×
Cumberland, MD-WV 1 $695.00 $695.00 $695.00 1.0×
Damariscotta, ME single city 1 $1,253.80 $1,253.80 $1,253.80 1.0×
Decorah, IA single city 1 $3,360.00 $3,360.00 $3,360.00 1.0×
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 2 $2,646.00 $3,067.50 $3,489.00 1.3×
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 2 $1,862.40 $1,862.40 $1,862.40 1.0×
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 2 $1,862.40 $4,963.70 $8,065.00 4.3×
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI 8 $882.15 $1,140.43 $1,398.70 1.6×
DuBois, PA 1 $2,060.00 $2,060.00 $2,060.00 1.0×
Dubuque, IA 2 $1,862.40 $5,605.12 $9,347.84 5.0×
Duluth, MN-WI 1 $3,572.99 $3,572.99 $3,572.99 1.0×
Durant, OK 1 $5,634.17 $5,634.17 $5,634.17 1.0×
Eagle River, WI single city 1 $4,269.20 $4,269.20 $4,269.20 1.0×
East Amery, WI single city 1 $1,812.91 $1,812.91 $1,812.91 1.0×
Elkader, IA single city 1 $9,916.89 $9,916.89 $9,916.89 1.0×
Eau Claire, WI 1 $4,269.20 $4,269.20 $4,269.20 1.0×
Evansville, IN 1 $1,378.30 $1,378.30 $1,378.30 1.0×
Flint, MI 1 $1,398.70 $1,398.70 $1,398.70 1.0×
Fond du Lac, WI 1 $4,048.18 $4,048.18 $4,048.18 1.0×
Fort Dodge, IA 1 $1,862.40 $1,862.40 $1,862.40 1.0×
Fort Wayne, IN 4 $556.56 $626.13 $695.70 1.2×
Fremont, NE 1 $1,125.54 $1,125.54 $1,125.54 1.0×
Fresno, CA 1 $10,740.80 $10,740.80 $10,740.80 1.0×
Gassaway, WV single city 1 $695.00 $695.00 $695.00 1.0×
Grinnell, IA single city 1 $1,862.40 $1,862.40 $1,862.40 1.0×
Greensburg, IN 1 $5,572.50 $5,572.50 $5,572.50 1.0×
Hartford, CT single city 1 $7,720.01 $7,720.01 $7,720.01 1.0×
Hillsboro, ND single city 1 $4,160.80 $4,160.80 $4,160.80 1.0×
Hailey, ID 1 $5,599.00 $5,599.00 $5,599.00 1.0×
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 3 $3,541.69 $4,665.43 $4,911.52 1.4×
Henderson, KY 1 $1,378.30 $1,378.30 $1,378.30 1.0×
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC 1 $4,279.20 $4,279.20 $4,279.20 1.0×
Houghton, MI 1 $4,269.20 $4,269.20 $4,269.20 1.0×
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX 3 $2,188.50 $2,188.50 $2,281.25 1.0×
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 1 $7,737.98 $7,737.98 $7,737.98 1.0×
Iron River, MI single city 1 $4,269.20 $4,269.20 $4,269.20 1.0×
Ironwood, MI single city 1 $4,269.20 $4,269.20 $4,269.20 1.0×
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN 1 $21,561.80 $21,561.80 $21,561.80 1.0×
John Day, OR single city 1 $3,129.00 $3,129.00 $3,129.00 1.0×
Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY 1 $450.56 $450.56 $450.56 1.0×
Jasper, IN 1 $1,378.30 $1,378.30 $1,378.30 1.0×
Kansas City, MO-KS 2 $1,137.12 $1,137.12 $1,137.12 1.0×
Killeen-Temple, TX 3 $4,403.18 $4,403.18 $4,403.18 1.0×
Lakeview, OR single city 1 $1,894.65 $1,894.65 $1,894.65 1.0×
Lancaster, PA 1 $4,297.77 $4,297.77 $4,297.77 1.0×
Lansing-East Lansing, MI 1 $1,398.70 $1,398.70 $1,398.70 1.0×
Lebanon, MO 1 $3,927.42 $3,927.42 $3,927.42 1.0×
Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT 1 $4,550.53 $4,550.53 $4,550.53 1.0×
Lima, OH 1 $2,607.30 $2,607.30 $2,607.30 1.0×
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR 1 $3,234.00 $3,234.00 $3,234.00 1.0×
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA 14 $1,159.60 $1,159.60 $24,184.55 20.9×
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN 1 $920.40 $920.40 $920.40 1.0×
Magazine, AR single city 1 $1,399.50 $1,399.50 $1,399.50 1.0×
Mansfield, AR single city 1 $1,399.50 $1,399.50 $1,399.50 1.0×
Marble Falls, TX single city 1 $4,403.18 $4,403.18 $4,403.18 1.0×
Mayville, ND single city 1 $4,160.80 $4,160.80 $4,160.80 1.0×
McCall, ID single city 1 $5,599.00 $5,599.00 $5,599.00 1.0×
Medford, WI single city 1 $4,269.20 $4,269.20 $4,269.20 1.0×
Merrill, WI single city 1 $4,269.20 $4,269.20 $4,269.20 1.0×
Middlebury, VT single city 1 $4,272.00 $4,272.00 $4,272.00 1.0×
Morganfield, KY single city 1 $1,378.30 $1,378.30 $1,378.30 1.0×
Madison, WI 1 $4,269.20 $4,269.20 $4,269.20 1.0×
Marion-Herrin, IL 1 $1,378.30 $1,378.30 $1,378.30 1.0×
Marshalltown, IA 1 $1,862.40 $1,862.40 $1,862.40 1.0×
Massena-Ogdensburg, NY 1 $1,506.64 $1,506.64 $1,506.64 1.0×
Memphis, TN-MS-AR 6 $3,953.64 $4,093.32 $4,093.32 1.0×
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL 1 $2,931.50 $2,931.50 $2,931.50 1.0×
Michigan City-La Porte, IN 1 $693.33 $693.33 $693.33 1.0×
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 4 $1,042.34 $1,612.54 $2,717.98 2.6×
Modesto, CA 1 $10,740.80 $10,740.80 $10,740.80 1.0×
Morgantown, WV 1 $2,947.50 $2,947.50 $2,947.50 1.0×
Mount Pleasant, MI 1 $1,398.70 $1,398.70 $1,398.70 1.0×
Mount Vernon, IL 1 $1,378.30 $1,378.30 $1,378.30 1.0×
Muscatine, IA 1 $1,862.40 $1,862.40 $1,862.40 1.0×
New Britain, CT single city 1 $7,577.40 $7,577.40 $7,577.40 1.0×
New London, WI single city 1 $4,048.18 $4,048.18 $4,048.18 1.0×
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN 2 $1,157.68 $1,656.68 $2,155.68 1.9×
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ 22 $841.85 $2,525.55 $11,000.00 13.1×
Ontario, CA single city 1 $1,159.60 $1,159.60 $1,159.60 1.0×
Oklahoma City, OK 1 $2,541.93 $2,541.93 $2,541.93 1.0×
Omaha, NE-IA 3 $1,590.84 $2,646.44 $2,646.44 1.7×
Orangeburg, SC 1 $2,565.00 $2,565.00 $2,565.00 1.0×
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 2 $4,048.18 $4,048.18 $4,048.18 1.0×
Paris, AR single city 1 $1,399.50 $1,399.50 $1,399.50 1.0×
Petersburg, WV single city 1 $1,112.00 $1,112.00 $1,112.00 1.0×
Pikeville, TN single city 1 $490.43 $490.43 $490.43 1.0×
Presque Isle, ME single city 1 $360.57 $360.57 $360.57 1.0×
Princeton, IN single city 1 $1,378.30 $1,378.30 $1,378.30 1.0×
Pulaski, TN single city 1 $2,969.38 $2,969.38 $2,969.38 1.0×
Peru, IN 1 $1,159.50 $1,159.50 $1,159.50 1.0×
Petoskey, MI 1 $1,398.70 $1,398.70 $1,398.70 1.0×
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 1 $7,258.54 $7,258.54 $7,258.54 1.0×
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ 1 $2,832.03 $2,832.03 $2,832.03 1.0×
Pittsburg, KS 1 $7,217.83 $7,217.83 $7,217.83 1.0×
Pittsburgh, PA 3 $389.12 $532.48 $552.96 1.4×
Plainview, TX 1 $755.16 $755.16 $755.16 1.0×
Plymouth, IN 1 $10,569.16 $10,569.16 $10,569.16 1.0×
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 5 $1,342.25 $1,342.25 $1,342.25 1.0×
Rhinelander, WI single city 1 $4,269.20 $4,269.20 $4,269.20 1.0×
Richmond, CA single city 1 $10,740.80 $10,740.80 $10,740.80 1.0×
Ripley, WV single city 1 $743.50 $743.50 $743.50 1.0×
Rapid City, SD 1 $2,925.34 $2,925.34 $2,925.34 1.0×
Reading, PA 1 $3,855.98 $3,855.98 $3,855.98 1.0×
Reno, NV 1 $3,091.00 $3,091.00 $3,091.00 1.0×
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 4 $1,159.60 $1,159.60 $5,896.21 5.1×
Rochester, NY 4 $2,739.35 $3,843.13 $4,946.91 1.8×
Summersville, WV single city 1 $780.50 $780.50 $780.50 1.0×
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA 3 $10,740.80 $10,740.80 $10,740.80 1.0×
Salem, OR 1 $1,342.25 $1,342.25 $1,342.25 1.0×
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT 1 $2,990.54 $2,990.54 $2,990.54 1.0×
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA 5 $1,159.60 $1,159.60 $11,714.29 10.1×
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 9 $10,740.80 $10,740.80 $10,740.80 1.0×
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 2 $10,740.80 $10,740.80 $10,740.80 1.0×
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 1 $10,740.80 $10,740.80 $10,740.80 1.0×
Sayre, PA 3 $2,815.34 $2,815.34 $2,815.34 1.0×
Seaford, DE 1 $2,000.00 $2,000.00 $2,000.00 1.0×
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 2 $3,176.28 $20,691.32 $38,206.35 12.0×
Shawano, WI 1 $4,048.18 $4,048.18 $4,048.18 1.0×
Shelbyville, TN 1 $1,157.68 $1,157.68 $1,157.68 1.0×
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 1 $1,862.40 $1,862.40 $1,862.40 1.0×
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 1 $8,765.51 $8,765.51 $8,765.51 1.0×
Springfield, MO 2 $9,932.31 $9,932.31 $9,932.31 1.0×
St. Louis, MO-IL 2 $6,535.56 $6,634.69 $6,733.81 1.0×
Stevens Point-Plover, WI 2 $4,269.20 $4,269.20 $4,269.20 1.0×
Stockton-Lodi, CA 1 $10,740.80 $10,740.80 $10,740.80 1.0×
Tell City, IN single city 1 $1,742.30 $1,742.30 $1,742.30 1.0×
Temple, TX single city 1 $4,403.18 $4,403.18 $4,403.18 1.0×
Tomahawk, WI single city 1 $4,269.20 $4,269.20 $4,269.20 1.0×
Torrington, CT single city 1 $5,464.83 $5,464.83 $5,464.83 1.0×
Two Harbors, MN single city 1 $5,405.46 $5,405.46 $5,405.46 1.0×
Terre Haute, IN 1 $6,237.75 $6,237.75 $6,237.75 1.0×
Toledo, OH 1 $2,368.20 $2,368.20 $2,368.20 1.0×
Truckee-Grass Valley, CA 1 $3,091.00 $3,091.00 $3,091.00 1.0×
Tullahoma-Manchester, TN 1 $1,157.68 $1,157.68 $1,157.68 1.0×
Twin Falls, ID 1 $5,599.00 $5,599.00 $5,599.00 1.0×
Vallejo, CA 3 $4,523.00 $10,740.80 $10,740.80 2.4×
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC 1 $12,845.42 $12,845.42 $12,845.42 1.0×
Waterbury, CT single city 1 $7,696.26 $7,696.26 $7,696.26 1.0×
Waupaca, WI single city 1 $4,048.18 $4,048.18 $4,048.18 1.0×
Wild Rose, WI single city 1 $4,048.18 $4,048.18 $4,048.18 1.0×
Winamac, IN single city 1 $913.50 $913.50 $913.50 1.0×
Woodruff, WI single city 1 $4,269.20 $4,269.20 $4,269.20 1.0×
Waco, TX 1 $4,403.18 $4,403.18 $4,403.18 1.0×
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 2 $1,862.40 $7,372.48 $12,882.55 6.9×
Wausau, WI 1 $4,269.20 $4,269.20 $4,269.20 1.0×
West Plains, MO 1 $5,808.79 $5,808.79 $5,808.79 1.0×
Wheeling, WV-OH 1 $759.50 $759.50 $759.50 1.0×
Wisconsin Rapids-Marshfield, WI 1 $4,269.20 $4,269.20 $4,269.20 1.0×
Worcester, MA 1 $16,309.50 $16,309.50 $16,309.50 1.0×

Common questions

How is it different from 66984?

66984 is standard cataract surgery.

Are premium lenses included?

No. Premium lenses cost extra.

Other cataract surgery prices

Median hospital cash price, one per hospital.