Cataract surgery cost in Kentucky
In Kentucky, 7 hospitals publish a cash price for cataract surgery with lens implant: from $2,379.30 to $6,875.30, with a median of $4,459.21. The lowest price is at Harrison Memorial Hospital (Cynthiana). The highest price is 2.9× the lowest.
- The median here, $4,459.21, is 15% above the US median of $3,876.10.
- Kentucky ranks 25th of 36 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 66984. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Sep 27, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$2,379.30Harrison Memorial Hospital
Median$4,459.21half of hospitals charge less
Highest$6,875.30in Kentucky
Lowest saves$2,079.91vs the median
Hospitals in Kentucky, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harrison Memorial Hospital one side lowest Cynthiana · Cynthiana, KY REMOVAL OF CATARACT WITH INSERTION OF PROSTHETIC LENS | $2,379.30 | $3,399.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Bluegrass Community Hospital Versailles · Lexington-Fayette, KY Extracapsular cataract removal with insertion of intraocular lens prosthesis (1 stage procedure), manual or mechanical technique (eg, irrigation and aspiration or phacoemulsification); without endoscopic cyclophotocoagulation | $3,790.91 | $9,477.28 | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
| Carroll County Memorial Hospital one side Carrollton · Carrollton, KY CATARACT EXTRACT RGT,RIGHT | $4,020.00 | $6,700.00 | Aug 17, 2026 source file |
| Clark Regional Medical Center Winchester · Lexington-Fayette, KY Extracapsular cataract removal with insertion of intraocular lens prosthesis (1 stage procedure), manual or mechanical technique (eg, irrigation and aspiration or phacoemulsification); without endoscopic cyclophotocoagulation | $4,459.21 | $11,148.02 | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
| Meadowview Regional Medical Center Maysville · Maysville, KY Extracapsular cataract removal with insertion of intraocular lens prosthesis (1 stage procedure), manual or mechanical technique (eg, irrigation and aspiration or phacoemulsification); without endoscopic cyclophotocoagulation | $5,152.84 | $12,882.11 | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
| Spring View Hospital Lebanon · Lebanon, KY Extracapsular cataract removal with insertion of intraocular lens prosthesis (1 stage procedure), manual or mechanical technique (eg, irrigation and aspiration or phacoemulsification); without endoscopic cyclophotocoagulation | $5,615.66 | $14,039.14 | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
| Georgetown Community Hospital Georgetown · Lexington-Fayette, KY Extracapsular cataract removal with insertion of intraocular lens prosthesis (1 stage procedure), manual or mechanical technique (eg, irrigation and aspiration or phacoemulsification); without endoscopic cyclophotocoagulation | $6,875.30 | $17,188.25 | Jul 10, 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.
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lexington-Fayette, KY | 3 | $3,790.91 | $4,459.21 |
| Carrollton, KY | 1 | $4,020.00 | $4,020.00 |
| Cynthiana, KY | 1 | $2,379.30 | $2,379.30 |
| Lebanon, KY | 1 | $5,615.66 | $5,615.66 |
| Maysville, KY | 1 | $5,152.84 | $5,152.84 |
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
- Alabama$2,377.70
- 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
- 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.