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Cataract surgery with lens implant in Los Angeles, CA costs $937 to $27,945. Here's every hospital's price.

10 hospitals in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA 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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area, 10 hospitals list a cash price for cataract surgery with lens implant (CPT 66984). The lowest is $937 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, the median is $4,019 and the highest is $27,945 at Pacifica Hospital of the Valley. The most expensive hospital lists 30 times the cheapest for the same code.

The Los Angeles, CA median of $4,019 is 32% above the national median of $3,043 across 145 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.

29 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $1,025 to $53,297. 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 September 2026. 71 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.

$937
lowest cash price in Los Angeles, CA
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center · 12 mi
$3,082 below the median
$4,019
median cash price
10 hospitals
30×
highest ÷ lowest
same procedure, same metro
10/100
hospitals with a cash price
71 don't · see who

Sorted by cash price

Hospital facility fee only
1
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Los Angeles · 12 mi · File Nov 2025

$937
list $1,441 · lowest of 37 lines
2
Encino Hospital Medical Center

Encino · 18 mi · File Sep 2026

$2,953
list $5,180
3
La Palma Intercommunity Hospital

La Palma · 20 mi · File Sep 2026

$2,953
list $12,508
4
Centinela Hospital Medical Center

Inglewood · 15 mi · File Sep 2026

$2,953
list $12,115
5
Providence St. Jude Medical Center

Fullerton · 21 mi · File Apr 2026

$4,019
list $8,372 · lowest of 10 lines
6
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Los Angeles

Los Angeles · 6 mi · File Apr 2026

$5,044
list $9,700 · lowest of 4 lines
7
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - West La

Los Angeles · 12 mi · File Apr 2026

$5,044
list $9,700 · lowest of 4 lines
8
Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Orange County - Anaheim

Anaheim · 26 mi · File Apr 2026

$5,044
list $9,700 · lowest of 4 lines
9
Cedar-Sinai Marina Del Rey Hospital

Marina Del Rey · 17 mi · File Nov 2025

$18,448
list $28,381
10
Pacifica Hospital of the Valley

Sun Valley · 15 mi · File Nov 2025

$27,945
list $27,945
11
Providence St. Joseph Hospital

Orange · 29 mi · File Apr 2026

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12
Providence Little Co of Mary Med Ctr San Pedro

San Pedro · 27 mi · File Apr 2026

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1

What's in the price

The hospital facility fee for CPT 66984. The doctor, anesthesia and lab work usually bill separately.

2

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.

3

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 Los Angeles, CA without a price for this procedure

Listed so you know who to call. The reason is what we found on their website.

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