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Cataract surgery with lens implant in New York, NY-NJ costs $1,537 to $12,213. Here's every hospital's price.

32 hospitals in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ 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 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area, 32 hospitals list a cash price for cataract surgery with lens implant (CPT 66984). The lowest is $1,537 at Bronxcare Hospital Center, the median is $3,043 and the highest is $12,213 at SUNY/Stony Brook University Hospital. The most expensive hospital lists 7.9 times the cheapest for the same code.

The New York, NY-NJ median of $3,043 is in line with the national median of $3,136 across 420 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.

44 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $222 to $25,798. 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 April 2025 and September 2026. 66 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.

$1,537
lowest cash price in New York, NY-NJ
Bronxcare Hospital Center · 8 mi
$1,506 below the median
$3,043
median cash price
32 hospitals
7.9×
highest ÷ lowest
same procedure, same metro
32/110
hospitals with a cash price
66 don't · see who

Sorted by cash price

Hospital facility fee only
1
Bronxcare Hospital Center

Bronx · 8 mi · File May 2026

$1,537
list $1,537 · lowest of 4 lines
2
Kings County Hospital Center

Brooklyn · 9 mi · File Sep 2026

$2,358
list $1,338 · lowest of 3 lines
3
Bellevue Hospital Center

New York · 9 mi · File Sep 2026

$2,358
list $1,312 · lowest of 7 lines
4
Queens Hospital Center

Jamaica · 1 mi · File Sep 2026

$2,358
list $1,316 · lowest of 7 lines
5
Woodhull Medical & Mental Health Center

Brooklyn · 7 mi · File Sep 2026

$2,358
list $1,338 · lowest of 9 lines
6
Newton Medical Center

Newton · 54 mi · File Apr 2026

$2,646
list $17,384
7
Saint Clare's Hospital/ Denville Campus

Denville · 36 mi · File Sep 2026

$2,676
list $16,110 · lowest of 3 lines
8
Saint Michael's Medical Center

Newark · 19 mi · File Sep 2026

$2,676
list $17,245
9
Lincoln Medical & Mental Health Center

Bronx · 8 mi · File Sep 2026

$2,699
list $6,967 · lowest of 3 lines
10
Jacobi Medical Center

Bronx · 9 mi · File Sep 2026

$2,699
list $8,849 · lowest of 3 lines
11
Elmhurst Hospital Center

Elmhurst · 4 mi · File Sep 2026

$2,699
list $6,967 · lowest of 4 lines
12
South Brooklyn Health

Brooklyn · 13 mi · File Sep 2026

$2,699
list $6,967 · lowest of 2 lines
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 New York, NY-NJ 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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