Cataract surgery with lens implant in Detroit, MI costs $646 to $2,289. Here's every hospital's price.
9 hospitals in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI 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 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area, 9 hospitals list a cash price for cataract surgery with lens implant (CPT 66984). The lowest is $646 at Henry Ford Macomb Hospital, the median is $1,399 and the highest is $2,289 at Garden City Hospital. The most expensive hospital lists 3.5 times the cheapest for the same code.
The Detroit, MI median of $1,399 is 54% below the national median of $3,043 across 145 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.
12 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $1 to $7,333. 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 December 2025 and September 2026. 24 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 onlyClinton Township · 14 mi · File Jun 2026
Detroit · 25 mi · File Jun 2026
Wyandotte · 35 mi · File Jun 2026
W Bloomfield · 16 mi · File Jun 2026
Lapeer · 24 mi · File Dec 2025
Port Huron · 43 mi · File Dec 2025
Mount Clemens · 18 mi · File Dec 2025
Garden City · 28 mi · File Sep 2026
Commerce Township · 18 mi · File May 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 Detroit, MI without a price for this procedure
Listed so you know who to call. The reason is what we found on their website.
- Ascension Providence Hospital, Southfield and NoviFile found, not read yet
- Ascension Providence Rochester Hospitalcode not in file
- Ascension River District HospitalFile found, not read yet
- Beaumont Hospital - DearbornWebsite blocks automated reading
- Beaumont Hospital - Farmington HillsWebsite blocks automated reading
- Beaumont Hospital - Grosse PointeNo website on record
- Beaumont Hospital - TaylorWebsite blocks automated reading
- Beaumont Hospital Royal OakWebsite blocks automated reading
- Beaumont Hospital, TroyWebsite blocks automated reading
- Children's Hospital of Michigancode not in file
- Corewell Health Trenton HospitalWebsite blocks automated reading
- Corewell Health Wayne HospitalWebsite blocks automated reading
- Detroit Receiving Hospitalcode not in file
- Henry Ford Health Brighton Center for RecoveryFile found, not read yet
- Henry Ford Health St John HospitalFile found, not read yet
- Karmanos Cancer Centercode not in file
- Lake Huron Medical Centercode not in file
- Sinai-Grace Hospitalcode not in file
- Southeast Michigan Surgical Hospital LLCWebsite blocks automated reading
- St Joe Mercy Hospital System LivoniaNo price file found
- Straith Hospital for Special Surgerycode not in file
- Surgeons Choice Medical Centercode not in file
- Trinity Health Livingston HospitalNo price file found
- Trinity Health Oakland HospitalNo price file found