Cataract surgery cost in Pennsylvania
In Pennsylvania, 10 hospitals publish a cash price for cataract surgery with lens implant: from $1,263.50 to $4,911.52, with a median of $3,698.84. The lowest price is at Uniontown Hospital (Uniontown). The highest price is 3.9× the lowest.
- The median here, $3,698.84, is 5% below the US median of $3,876.10.
- Pennsylvania ranks 20th 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 Oct 21, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$1,263.50Uniontown Hospital
Median$3,698.84half of hospitals charge less
Highest$4,911.52in Pennsylvania
Lowest saves$2,435.34vs the median
Hospitals in Pennsylvania, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uniontown Hospital one side lowest Uniontown · Pittsburgh, PA REMOVAL OF CATARACT WITH INSERTION OF PROSTHETIC LENS | $1,263.50 | $2,527.00 | Jul 9, 2026 source file |
| Robert Packer Hospital Sayre · Sayre, PA HC Fac Remv Cataract Extracap,Insert Lens | $1,825.15 | $2,281.44 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Robert Packer Hospital, Towanda Campus Towanda · Sayre, PA HC Fac Remv Cataract Extracap,Insert Lens | $1,825.15 | $2,281.44 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Troy Community Hospital Troy · Sayre, PA HC Fac Remv Cataract Extracap,Insert Lens | $1,825.15 | $2,281.44 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center Camp Hill · Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 66984 XCAPSL CTRC RMVL W/O ECP Tech | $3,541.69 | $14,825.00 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| St Joseph Regional Health Network Reading · Reading, PA 66984 Extracp Cataract Extr W Iol | $3,855.98 | $14,825.00 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Wayne Memorial Hospital Honesdale · Honesdale, PA OR XCAPSL CTRC RMVL W/O ECP | $4,130.70 | $5,901.00 | Sep 16, 2026 source file |
| Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center Lancaster · Lancaster, PA 66984 XCAPSL CTRC RMVL W/O ECP Tech | $4,297.77 | $14,825.00 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center Enola · Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 66984 XCAPSL CTRC RMVL W/O ECP Tech | $4,665.43 | $14,825.00 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Hershey · Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 66984 Extracp Cataract Extr W Iol | $4,911.52 | $14,825.00 | Mar 27, 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | 3 | $3,541.69 | $4,665.43 |
| Sayre, PA | 3 | $1,825.15 | $1,825.15 |
| Honesdale, PA | 1 | $4,130.70 | $4,130.70 |
| Lancaster, PA | 1 | $4,297.77 | $4,297.77 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | 1 | $1,263.50 | $1,263.50 |
| Reading, PA | 1 | $3,855.98 | $3,855.98 |
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
- 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
- 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.