Cataract surgery cost in Alabama
In Alabama, 9 hospitals publish a cash price for cataract surgery with lens implant: from $1,519.00 to $6,359.91, with a median of $2,377.70. The lowest price is at Highlands Medical Center (Scottsboro). The highest price is 4.2× the lowest.
- The median here, $2,377.70, is 39% below the US median of $3,876.10.
- Alabama ranks 4th of 36 states by median, cheapest first.
- 1 of 9 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 66984. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 8, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$1,519.00Highlands Medical Center
Median$2,377.70half of hospitals charge less
Highest$6,359.91in Alabama
Lowest saves$858.70vs the median
Hospitals in Alabama, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highlands Medical Center one side lowest Scottsboro · Scottsboro, AL REMOVAL OF CATARACT WITH INSERTION OF PROSTHETIC LENS | $1,519.00 | $2,170.00 | May 11, 2026 source file |
| UAB Medical West Bessemer · Birmingham, AL Extracapsular Cataract Removal | $1,764.09 | $2,352.12 | Jun 22, 2026 source file |
| Southeast Health Medical Center Dothan · Dothan, AL XCAPSL CTRC RMVL W/O ECP | $2,246.23 | $5,615.58 | Nov 4, 2026 source file |
| Coosa Valley Medical Center Sylacauga · Talladega-Sylacauga, AL Removal of cataract with insertion of lens | $2,269.00 | $9,456.00 | — source file |
| Evergreen Medical Center Evergreen · Evergreen, AL CATARACT SURG W/IOL 1 STAGE | $2,377.70 | $3,658.00 | Sep 2, 2026 source file |
| Troy Regional Medical Center Troy · Troy, AL CATARACT SURGERY | $2,500.00 | $5,100.00 | Dec 31, 2024 source file |
| Bibb Medical Center Centreville · Birmingham, AL EXTRACAPULAR CATARACT REMOVAL | $3,000.00 | $3,000.00 | Nov 1, 2025 source file |
| Baldwin Health Foley · Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL REMOVE CATARACT/INSERT LENS | $5,324.36 | $29,579.77 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| The Children's Hospital of Alabama – Benjamin Russell Hospital Birmingham · Birmingham, AL Xcapsl Ctrc Rmvl Insj Io Lens Prosth W/O Ecp | $6,359.91 | $14,790.50 | Mar 31, 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.
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More
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 area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham, AL | 3 | $1,764.09 | $3,000.00 |
| Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL | 1 | $5,324.36 | $5,324.36 |
| Dothan, AL | 1 | $2,246.23 | $2,246.23 |
| Evergreen, AL | 1 | $2,377.70 | $2,377.70 |
| Scottsboro, AL | 1 | $1,519.00 | $1,519.00 |
| Talladega-Sylacauga, AL | 1 | $2,269.00 | $2,269.00 |
| Troy, AL | 1 | $2,500.00 | $2,500.00 |
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 cataract surgery is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Cataract surgery explained.
Cataract surgery with lens implant in other states
- Alaska$5,374.00, 1 hospital
- Arizona$2,362.30
- Arkansas$2,385.65
- California$5,044.00
- Colorado$5,804.80
- Connecticut$6,898.50, 3 hospitals
- Delaware$2,812.63, 2 hospitals
- Florida$4,592.37
- Georgia$10,558.00
- Hawaii$4,096.40, 4 hospitals
- Idaho$4,309.38
- Illinois$5,765.89
- Indiana$5,261.29
- Iowa$4,570.40
- Kansas$2,831.10
- Kentucky$4,459.21
- Louisiana$2,141.91
- Maine$1,778.70, 3 hospitals
- Massachusetts$9,170.17
- Michigan$2,786.53
- Minnesota$3,244.01
- Mississippi$3,215.10
- Missouri$4,458.95
- Montana$1,824.71
- Nebraska$3,621.00
- New Hampshire$1,347.34, 1 hospital
- New Jersey$3,043.33
- New Mexico$2,717.00, 1 hospital
- New York$2,698.92
- North Carolina$3,380.05
- North Dakota$3,496.52
- Ohio$7,459.54
- Oklahoma$3,433.23
- Oregon$5,314.97
- Pennsylvania$3,698.84
- Puerto Rico$937.50, 2 hospitals
- South Carolina$2,565.00
- South Dakota$4,389.08, 4 hospitals
- Tennessee$2,985.73
- Texas$4,003.33
- Utah$3,153.97, 4 hospitals
- Vermont$3,650.00, 3 hospitals
- Virginia$6,522.66
- Washington$3,637.30
- West Virginia$2,755.00
- Wisconsin$4,048.18
- Wyoming$2,310.21, 3 hospitals
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.