Cataract surgery cost in South Carolina
In South Carolina, 6 hospitals publish a cash price for cataract surgery with lens implant: from $1,731.50 to $9,392.83, with a median of $2,565.00. The lowest price is at MUSC Health Black River Medical Center (Cades). The highest price is 5.4× the lowest.
- The median here, $2,565.00, is 34% below the US median of $3,876.10.
- South Carolina ranks 6th 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 28, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$1,731.50MUSC Health Black River Medical Center
Median$2,565.00half of hospitals charge less
Highest$9,392.83in South Carolina
Lowest saves$833.50vs the median
Hospitals in South Carolina, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSC Health Black River Medical Center lowest Cades · Cades, SC HB CATARACT REM W/INSERT IOL | $1,731.50 | $3,463.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Kershaw Medical Center Camden · Columbia, SC HB CATARACT REM W/INSERT IOL | $2,233.50 | $4,467.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| MUSC Health - Orangeburg Orangeburg · Orangeburg, SC HB CATARACT REM W/INSERT IOL | $2,565.00 | $5,130.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| MUSC Medical Center Charleston · Charleston-North Charleston, SC HB CATARACT REM W/INSERT IOL | $2,565.00 | $5,130.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Beaufort Memorial Hospital Beaufort · Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC REMOVE CATARACT, INSERT LENS | $6,457.80 | $10,763.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| St Francis Downtown Hospital one side Greenville · Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Xcapsl Ctrc Rmvl Insj Io Lens Prosth W/O Ecp|LEFT SIDE | $9,392.83 | $15,654.72 | Apr 1, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cades, SC | 1 | $1,731.50 | $1,731.50 |
| Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 1 | $2,565.00 | $2,565.00 |
| Columbia, SC | 1 | $2,233.50 | $2,233.50 |
| Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC | 1 | $9,392.83 | $9,392.83 |
| Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC | 1 | $6,457.80 | $6,457.80 |
| Orangeburg, SC | 1 | $2,565.00 | $2,565.00 |
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
- 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
- Pennsylvania$3,698.84
- Puerto Rico$937.50, 2 hospitals
- 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.