Cataract surgery cost in Washington
In Washington, 9 hospitals publish a cash price for cataract surgery with lens implant: from $1,234.69 to $44,429.70, with a median of $3,637.30. The lowest price is at Lourdes Health (Pasco). The highest price is 36.0× the lowest.
- The median here, $3,637.30, is 6% below the US median of $3,876.10.
- Washington ranks 19th of 36 states by median, cheapest first.
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Washington law (RCW 70.170.060) requires hospital charity care: patients with family income up to 300% of the federal poverty level owe nothing at hospitals in large health systems (200% at other hospitals), with 75% and 50% discounts up to 400% (300% at other hospitals). It covers the part of the bill a patient owes, insured or not. Ask the hospital for its charity care application. Other states' laws.
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 6, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$1,234.69Lourdes Health
Median$3,637.30half of hospitals charge less
Highest$44,429.70in Washington
Lowest saves$2,402.61vs the median
Hospitals in Washington, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lourdes Health lowest Pasco · Kennewick-Richland, WA XCAPSL CTRC RMVL W/O ECP | $1,234.69 | $3,086.73 | Jul 10, 2026 source file |
| Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA EXTRACAPSULAR CATARACT REMOV W/INSERT OF INTRAOC LENS PROSTH | $2,952.39 | $5,789.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center one side Vancouver · Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA REMOVAL OF CATARACT WITH INSERTION OF PROSTHETIC LENS | $2,995.20 | $4,608.00 | Mar 20, 2026 source file |
| PeaceHealth St John Medical Center one side Longview · Longview-Kelso, WA REMOVAL OF CATARACT WITH INSERTION OF PROSTHETIC LENS | $3,351.40 | $5,156.00 | Mar 21, 2026 source file |
| Lincoln Hospital Davenport · Davenport, WA Removal of cataract with insertion of prosthetic lens | $3,637.30 | $4,041.44 | Sep 14, 2026 source file |
| Othello Community Hospital Othello · Othello, WA Removal of cataract with insertion of prosthetic lens | $4,847.06 | $6,462.75 | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| PeaceHealth St Joseph Medical Center one side Bellingham · Bellingham, WA REMOVAL OF CATARACT WITH INSERTION OF PROSTHETIC LENS | $10,715.03 | $16,484.66 | Mar 21, 2026 source file |
| Valley Medical Center Renton · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Xcapsl Ctrc Rmvl Insj Io Lens Prosth W/O Ecp | $16,790.24 | $23,986.06 | Mar 12, 2026 source file |
| Seattle Children's Hospital one side Seattle · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Cataract Removal Insertion of Lens|RIGHT SIDE | $44,429.70 | — | 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 3 | $2,952.39 | $16,790.24 |
| Bellingham, WA | 1 | $10,715.03 | $10,715.03 |
| Davenport, WA | 1 | $3,637.30 | $3,637.30 |
| Kennewick-Richland, WA | 1 | $1,234.69 | $1,234.69 |
| Longview-Kelso, WA | 1 | $3,351.40 | $3,351.40 |
| Othello, WA | 1 | $4,847.06 | $4,847.06 |
| Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | 1 | $2,995.20 | $2,995.20 |
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
- Texas$4,003.33
- Utah$3,153.97, 4 hospitals
- Vermont$3,650.00, 3 hospitals
- Virginia$6,522.66
- West Virginia$2,755.00
- Wisconsin$4,048.18
- Wyoming$2,310.21, 3 hospitals
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.