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Surgery and procedures CPT 66982 Minnesota Outpatient

Complex cataract surgery cost in Minnesota

In Minnesota, 7 hospitals publish a cash price for complex cataract surgery with lens implant: from $1,323.75 to $7,884.98, with a median of $2,717.98. The lowest price is at Stevens Community Medical Center (Morris). The highest price is 6.0× the lowest.

  • The median here, $2,717.98, is 31% below the US median of $3,936.35.
  • Minnesota ranks 6th of 34 states by median, cheapest first.
  • Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.

Minnesota law (Minn. Stat. §144.589): a hospital may not charge an uninsured patient whose household income is under $125,000 more than the lowest amount it would be paid for the same service by a private insurer, counting the insured patient's share. If the cash price below is higher, ask the billing office to apply this limit. Each hospital's page here shows the range of insurer rates in its own file (the "Insurers pay" column), a starting point when you ask. Other states' laws.

Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 66982. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Oct 25, 2026. See them on a map

Lowest$1,323.75Stevens Community Medical Center
Median$2,717.98half of hospitals charge less
Highest$7,884.98in Minnesota
Lowest saves$1,394.23vs the median

Hospitals in Minnesota, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceFile date
Stevens Community Medical Center lowest Morris · Morris, MN Complex removal of cataract with insertion of prosthetic lens $1,323.75 $1,765.00 Jun 26, 2026
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Fairview Maple Grove Surgery Center Maple Grove · Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI HC REMV CATARACT EXTRACAP,INSERT LENS,COMP $1,470.07 $3,666.00 May 18, 2026
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Methodist Hospital St. Louis Park · Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Extracap Cataract Remv W/Iol-Cmplx $1,755.00 $6,750.00 Mar 31, 2026
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M Health Fairview University of Mn Medical Center Minneapolis · Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Outpatient Services $2,717.98 $6,778.00 Feb 6, 2026
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Glacial Ridge Hospital Glenwood · Glenwood, MN Complex removal of cataract with insertion of prosthetic lens $3,009.29 $3,582.49 Oct 21, 2026
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Windom Area Hospital Windom · Windom, MN SURG 66982 RMVL ECCR IOL INSRT CMPLX $6,064.92 $8,919.00 Feb 3, 2026
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Astera Health Wadena · Wadena, MN Extracapsular Cataract Reml W Inser $7,884.98 $10,921.03 Feb 20, 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.
Check the item The description in the hospital file looks like a supply or device (a catheter, a brace, an implant), not this procedure. The hospital may have filed it under the wrong code: ask before relying on this price.

By metro area

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

Metro areaHospitalsLowestMedian
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 3 $1,470.07 $1,755.00
Glenwood, MN 1 $3,009.29 $3,009.29
Morris, MN 1 $1,323.75 $1,323.75
Wadena, MN 1 $7,884.98 $7,884.98
Windom, MN 1 $6,064.92 $6,064.92
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 complex cataract surgery is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Complex cataract surgery explained.

Complex cataract surgery with lens implant in other states

Median cash price across the state's hospitals.