Cataract surgery with lens implant in Chicago, IL-IN costs $655 to $13,660. Here's every hospital's price.
6 hospitals in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area publish a cash price for cataract surgery with lens implant (CPT 66984). We read their files every month so you don't have to.
Across the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area, 6 hospitals list a cash price for cataract surgery with lens implant (CPT 66984). The lowest is $655 at Humboldt Park Health, the median is $5,059 and the highest is $13,660 at Northwestern Medicine Delnor Community Hospital. The most expensive hospital lists 21 times the cheapest for the same code.
The Chicago, IL-IN median of $5,059 is 66% above the national median of $3,043 across 145 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.
26 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $219 to $15,026. With insurance you pay a share of the negotiated rate, which is sometimes higher than the cash price; you may ask for the cash price instead.
The files behind these prices are dated between November 2025 and August 2026. 54 other hospitals in the metro area have no readable price for this code: some publish no file, some block automated reading, some leave the code out. They are listed below so you can call them.
Sorted by cash price
Hospital facility fee onlyValparaiso · 43 mi · File Apr 2026
Mchenry · 45 mi · File Apr 2026
Dekalb · 47 mi · File Apr 2026
Geneva · 27 mi · File Apr 2026
Melrose Park · 10 mi · File Mar 2026
La Grange · 3 mi · File Apr 2026
Chicago · 12 mi · File Apr 2026
What's in the price
The hospital facility fee for CPT 66984. The doctor, anesthesia and lab work usually bill separately.
Cash vs. insured
Cash is what you pay without insurance. With insurance you pay a share of the negotiated rate, which can be higher than cash. You may ask for the cash price.
What to say on the phone
"I'd like the self-pay price for CPT 66984, in writing, and whether it covers facility, physician and anesthesia."
About cataract surgery with lens implant
CPT 66984 is the standard cataract operation: the cloudy natural lens is broken up with ultrasound and replaced with an artificial lens. It takes 15 to 30 minutes, is done under local anesthesia with light sedation, and you go home the same day. It is one of the most common operations in the United States.
What the price covers
The hospital's price is the facility fee for the operating room, nursing, the phacoemulsification equipment, the standard single-focus lens and recovery. The ophthalmologist and the anesthesia provider bill separately. Premium lenses (multifocal, toric for astigmatism) are not part of the covered procedure and are charged on top, usually $1,000 to $3,000 per eye, often directly by the surgeon.
Why prices vary
Hospital outpatient departments are consistently more expensive than ambulatory surgery centers for the same operation, sometimes by a factor of two or three. Within hospitals, the spread follows system size and ownership. Medicare pays for most cataract surgery in the US, so hospitals' negotiated rates cluster; the cash prices vary far more.
Questions to ask
- What is the self-pay price for 66984 per eye, and does it include the standard lens?
- What does the surgeon charge, and what does anesthesia charge?
- If I choose a premium lens, what is the extra charge and who bills it?
- Would the same surgeon do it at an ambulatory surgery center for less?
Hospitals in Chicago, IL-IN without a price for this procedure
Listed so you know who to call. The reason is what we found on their website.
- Alexian Brothers Medical Center 1File found, not read yet
- Amita Health Resurrection Medical CenterFile found, not read yet
- Ann & Robert H Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicagocode not in file
- Community First Medical Centercode not in file
- Community HospitalNo price file found
- Copley Memorial HospitalFile found, not read yet
- Franciscan Health Crown PointFile could not be read
- Franciscan Health DyerFile could not be read
- Franciscan Health MunsterFile could not be read
- Franciscan Health Olympia & Chicago HeightsFile could not be read
- Franciscan Health Rensselaer, INCFile could not be read
- Holy Cross HospitalWebsite blocks automated reading
- Insight Hospital and Medical Center ChicagoWebsite blocks automated reading
- John H Stroger Jr HospitalWebsite blocks automated reading
- Larabida Childrens Hospital Icode not in file
- Loretto HospitalWebsite blocks automated reading
- Louis A Weiss Memorial HospitalWebsite blocks automated reading
- Mercy Harvard HospitalNo website on record
- Mercyhealth Hospital & Physician Clinic-Crystal LaNo website on record
- Methodist Hospital of Chicagocode not in file
- Methodist Hospitals INCcode not in file
- Midwestern Region Med Center, INCNo price file found
- Morris Hospital & Healthcare Centerscode not in file
- Mt Sinai Hospital Medical CenterWebsite blocks automated reading
- Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston Hospitalcode not in file
- Northwest Community Hospital 1code not in file
- Northwestern Lake Forest HospitalFile found, not read yet
- Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage HospitalFile could not be read
- Northwestern Memorial HospitalFile could not be read
- Palos Community HospitalFile found, not read yet
- Pinnacle Hospitalcode not in file
- Presence Mercy Medical CenterFile found, not read yet
- Presence Saint Joseph Hospital - Chicagocode not in file
- Presence Saints Mary and Elizabeth Medical CenterNo website on record
- Provident Hospital of ChicagoWebsite blocks automated reading
- Roseland Community HospitalNo price file found
- Rush Oak Park HospitalFile found, not read yet
- Rush University Medical CenterFile found, not read yet
- Saint Anthony HospitalFile found, not read yet
- Saint Francis Hospital-EvanstonFile found, not read yet
- Saint Joseph Hospital-ElginFile found, not read yet
- Saint Joseph Medical CenterFile found, not read yet
- Shriners Hospital for ChildrenFile found, not read yet
- Silver Cross Hospital and Medical CentersWebsite blocks automated reading
- South Shore HospitalNo price file found
- St Bernard HospitalWebsite blocks automated reading
- St Catherine Hospital INCNo price file found
- St Mary Medical Center INCNo price file found
- Swedish HospitalNo price file found
- Thorek Memorial Hospitalcode not in file
- Uchicago Medicine Northwest IndianaNo website on record
- Valley West Community HospitalNo website on record
- Vista Medical Center EastWebsite blocks automated reading
- West Suburban Medical CenterWebsite blocks automated reading