Cataract surgery cost in Texas
In Texas, 42 hospitals publish a cash price for cataract surgery with lens implant: from $301.00 to $19,639.33, with a median of $4,003.33. The lowest price is at Nacogdoches Memorial Hospital (Nacogdoches). The highest price is 65.2× the lowest.
- The median here, $4,003.33, is 3% above the US median of $3,876.10.
- Texas ranks 21st of 36 states by median, cheapest first.
- 5 of 42 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 4, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$301.00Nacogdoches Memorial Hospital
Median$4,003.33half of hospitals charge less
Highest$19,639.33in Texas
Lowest saves$3,702.33vs the median
Hospitals in Texas, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nacogdoches Memorial Hospital lowest Nacogdoches · Nacogdoches, TX Removal of cataract with insertion of lens | $301.00 | $1,003.00 | — source file |
| Covenant Hospital Plainview Plainview · Plainview, TX HC PR 66984 XCAPSL CTRC RMVL INSJ IO LENS PROSTH W/O ECP CDM | $588.00 | $1,400.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Baylor Medical Center at Trophy Club Trophy Club · Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX EXTRACAPSULAR CATARACT REMOVAL W/INSERTION OF INTRAOCULAR LENS PROSTHESIS REG. 66984 | $1,612.20 | $2,687.00 | Apr 14, 2026 source file |
| Baylor Surgical Hospital at Fort Worth Fort Worth · Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX EXTRACAPSULAR CATARACT REMOVAL W/INSERTION OF INTRAOCULAR LENS PROSTHESIS REG. 66984 | $1,894.20 | $3,157.00 | Apr 14, 2026 source file |
| Permian Regional Medical Center Andrews County Ho Andrews · Andrews, TX EXTRACAPS CATARACT REM W INS I | $2,137.50 | $4,275.00 | Dec 3, 2025 source file |
| Harris Health Taub Loop Houston · Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX ECHG PROC XCAPSL CTRC RMVL INSJ IO LENS PROSTH W/O ECP | $2,188.50 | $3,904.00 | Mar 24, 2026 source file |
| Harris Health Houston · Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX ECHG PROC XCAPSL CTRC RMVL INSJ IO LENS PROSTH W/O ECP | $2,188.50 | $3,904.00 | Mar 24, 2026 source file |
| Hsa St. Joseph Houston · Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX XCAPSL CTRC RMVL W/O ECP | $2,281.25 | — | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| The Medical Center of Southeast Texas Port Arthur · Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX XCAPSL CTRC RMVL W/O ECP | $2,281.25 | — | Sep 2, 2026 source file |
| Baylor Scott & White Continuing Care Hospital Temple · Killeen-Temple, TX HC CATARACT SURG W/IOL, | $2,351.77 | $3,919.61 | Jun 12, 2026 source file |
| Baylor Scott & White McLane Children's Medical Center Temple · Killeen-Temple, TX HC CATARACT SURG W/IOL, | $2,351.77 | $3,919.61 | Jun 13, 2026 source file |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Brenham Brenham · Brenham, TX HC CATARACT SURG W/IOL, | $2,351.77 | $3,919.61 | Jun 12, 2026 source file |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - College Station College Station · College Station-Bryan, TX HC CATARACT SURG W/IOL, | $2,351.77 | $3,919.61 | Jun 12, 2026 source file |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Hillcrest Waco · Waco, TX HC CATARACT SURG W/IOL, | $2,351.77 | $3,919.61 | Jun 13, 2026 source file |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Marble Falls Marble Falls · Marble Falls, TX HC CATARACT SURG W/IOL, | $2,351.77 | $3,919.61 | Jun 13, 2026 source file |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Temple Temple · Temple, TX HC CATARACT SURG W/IOL, | $2,351.77 | $3,919.61 | Jun 13, 2026 source file |
| Baylor Scott & White Pavilion - Temple Temple · Killeen-Temple, TX HC CATARACT SURG W/IOL, | $2,351.77 | $3,919.61 | Jun 12, 2026 source file |
| Baylor Scott and White Medical Center Uptown Dallas · Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX EXTRACAPSULAR CATARACT REMOVAL W/INSERTION OF INTRAOCULAR LENS PROSTHESIS REG. 66984 | $2,646.00 | $4,410.00 | Apr 14, 2026 source file |
| St Luke's Patients Medical Center Pasadena · Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX XCAPSL CTRC RMVL W/O ECP | $2,734.57 | $7,813.05 | Feb 28, 2026 source file |
| Baylor Scott and White Surgical Hospital at Sherman Sherman · Sherman-Denison, TX EXTRACAPSULAR CATARACT REMOVAL W/INSERTION OF INTRAOCULAR LENS PROSTHESIS REG. 66984 | $3,102.00 | $5,170.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Comanche County Medical Center Comanche · Comanche, TX Removal of cataract with insertion of prosthetic lens | $3,952.65 | $6,081.00 | Oct 12, 2026 source file |
| Parkland Health Dallas · Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Removal of cataract with insertion of prosthetic lens | $4,054.00 | $10,135.00 | Oct 16, 2026 source file |
| Navarro Hospital Corsicana · Corsicana, TX REMOVE CATARACT/INSERT LENS | $4,175.13 | $17,396.38 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Baylor Scott & White Emergency Medical Center - Cedar Park Cedar Park · Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX HC CATARACT SURG W/IOL, | $4,301.64 | $7,169.40 | Jun 3, 2026 source file |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Austin Austin · Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX HC CATARACT SURG W/IOL, | $4,301.64 | $7,169.40 | Jun 13, 2026 source file |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Buda Buda · Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX HC CATARACT SURG W/IOL, | $4,301.64 | $7,169.40 | Jun 13, 2026 source file |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Lakeway Lakeway · Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX HC CATARACT SURG W/IOL, | $4,301.64 | $7,169.40 | Jun 13, 2026 source file |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Pflugerville Pflugerville · Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX HC CATARACT SURG W/IOL, | $4,301.64 | $7,169.40 | Jun 13, 2026 source file |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Round Rock Round Rock · Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX HC CATARACT SURG W/IOL, | $4,301.64 | $7,169.40 | Jun 13, 2026 source file |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Taylor Taylor · Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX HC CATARACT SURG W/IOL, | $4,301.64 | $7,169.40 | Jun 12, 2026 source file |
| Guadalupe Regional Medical Center Seguin · San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX EYE CATARACT REM W/LENS | $4,378.50 | $8,757.00 | May 21, 2026 source file |
| Clay County Memorial Hospital Henrietta · Wichita Falls, TX Removal of cataract with insertion of lens | $4,514.00 | $6,448.00 | — source file |
| Longview Medical Center Longview · Longview, TX REMOVE CATARACT/INSERT LENS | $5,140.26 | $28,556.99 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lake Granbury Medical Center Granbury · Granbury, TX REMOVE CATARACT/INSERT LENS | $5,804.09 | $32,244.95 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Medina Regional Hospital Hondo · San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX EXTRACAP CAT.REM.W/I | $6,132.78 | $6,814.19 | Jul 29, 2026 source file |
| Frio Regional Hospital Pearsall · Pearsall, TX Removal of cataract with insertion of lens | $6,558.00 | $9,368.00 | — source file |
| Cogdell Memorial Hospital Snyder · Snyder, TX Removal of cataract with insertion of lens | $8,437.00 | $8,437.00 | — source file |
| White Rock Medical Center Dallas · Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Extracapsular cataract removal | $8,482.97 | $12,474.96 | Sep 15, 2026 source file |
| Texas Health Hospital Mansfield Mansfield · Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX HC XCAPSL CTRC RMVL INSJ IO LENS PROSTH W/O ECP | $19,267.03 | $19,267.03 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Texas Health Huguley Hospital Fort Worth South Burleson · Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX HC XCAPSL CTRC RMVL INSJ IO LENS PROSTH W/O ECP | $19,267.03 | $19,267.03 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| AdventHealth Central Texas Killeen · Killeen-Temple, TX HC XCAPSL CTRC RMVL INSJ IO LENS PROSTH W/O ECP | $19,639.33 | $19,639.33 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| AdventHealth Rollins Brook Lampasas · Killeen-Temple, TX HC XCAPSL CTRC RMVL INSJ IO LENS PROSTH W/O ECP | $19,639.33 | $19,639.33 | 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | 7 | $4,301.64 | $4,301.64 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 7 | $1,612.20 | $4,054.00 |
| Killeen-Temple, TX | 5 | $2,351.77 | $2,351.77 |
| Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | 4 | $2,188.50 | $2,234.88 |
| San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 2 | $4,378.50 | $5,255.64 |
| Andrews, TX | 1 | $2,137.50 | $2,137.50 |
| Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX | 1 | $2,281.25 | $2,281.25 |
| Brenham, TX | 1 | $2,351.77 | $2,351.77 |
| Comanche, TX | 1 | $3,952.65 | $3,952.65 |
| College Station-Bryan, TX | 1 | $2,351.77 | $2,351.77 |
| Corsicana, TX | 1 | $4,175.13 | $4,175.13 |
| Granbury, TX | 1 | $5,804.09 | $5,804.09 |
| Longview, TX | 1 | $5,140.26 | $5,140.26 |
| Marble Falls, TX | 1 | $2,351.77 | $2,351.77 |
| Nacogdoches, TX | 1 | $301.00 | $301.00 |
| Pearsall, TX | 1 | $6,558.00 | $6,558.00 |
| Plainview, TX | 1 | $588.00 | $588.00 |
| Sherman-Denison, TX | 1 | $3,102.00 | $3,102.00 |
| Snyder, TX | 1 | $8,437.00 | $8,437.00 |
| Temple, TX | 1 | $2,351.77 | $2,351.77 |
| Waco, TX | 1 | $2,351.77 | $2,351.77 |
| Wichita Falls, TX | 1 | $4,514.00 | $4,514.00 |
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 Carolina$2,565.00
- South Dakota$4,389.08, 4 hospitals
- Tennessee$2,985.73
- 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.