Cataract surgery with lens implant in Philadelphia, PA-NJ-DE-MD costs $551 to $2,674. Here's every hospital's price.
3 hospitals in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 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 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area, 3 hospitals list a cash price for cataract surgery with lens implant (CPT 66984). The lowest is $551 at Jefferson Abington Hospital, the median is $2,674 and the highest is $2,674 at Jefferson Einstein Montgomery Hospital. The most expensive hospital lists 4.9 times the cheapest for the same code.
The Philadelphia, PA-NJ-DE-MD median of $2,674 is 15% below the national median of $3,136 across 420 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.
12 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $56 to $27,015. 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 March 2026 and September 2026. 39 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 onlyAbington · 18 mi · File Sep 2026
Philadelphia · 13 mi · File Sep 2026
East Norriton · 18 mi · File Sep 2026
Elmer · 22 mi · File Mar 2026
Meadowbrook · 19 mi · File Sep 2026
Philadelphia · 21 mi · File Sep 2026
Philadelphia · 9 mi · File Sep 2026
Royersford · 26 mi · File Jun 2026
Philadelphia · 9 mi · File Mar 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 Philadelphia, PA-NJ-DE-MD without a price for this procedure
Listed so you know who to call. The reason is what we found on their website.
- Chester County HospitalNo price file found
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphiacode not in file
- Christiana HospitalFile in an unsupported format
- Cooper University HospitalWebsite blocks automated reading
- Crozer Chester Medical CenterNo price file found
- Deborah Heart and Lung CenterNo price file found
- Doylestown HospitalWebsite blocks automated reading
- Eagleville HospitalWebsite blocks automated reading
- Hospital of Univ of PennsylvaniaNo price file found
- Kensington HospitalNo price file found
- Lower Bucks Hospitalcode not in file
- Main Line Hospital LankenauFile in an unsupported format
- Mercy Catholic Medical Center- Mercy Fitzgeraldcode not in file
- Nazareth HospitalNo website on record
- Nemours Children's Hospital, Delawarecode not in file
- Paoli HospitalFile in an unsupported format
- Penn Presbyterian Medical CenterNo price file found
- Pennsylvania HospitalNo price file found
- Phoenixville Hospitalcode not in file
- Pottstown Hospitalcode not in file
- Riddle Memorial HospitalFile in an unsupported format
- Rothman Orthopaedic Specialty Hospitalcode not in file
- Roxborough Memorial Hospitalcode not in file
- Shriners Hospitals for Children - Philadelphiacode not in file
- St Christopher's Hospital for Childrencode not in file
- St Francis Hospitalcode not in file
- St Luke's Hospital - Grand View CampusWebsite blocks automated reading
- St Luke's Hospital - Upper Bucks CampusFile could not be read
- St Mary Medical Centercode not in file
- Suburban Community HospitalFile found, not read yet
- Temple Health - Chestnut Hill HospitalNo price file found
- Temple University HospitalNo website on record
- Union Hospital of Cecil CountyFile in an unsupported format
- Valley Forge Medical Centercode not in file
- Virtua Mount Holly Hospitalcode not in file
- Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Hospitalcode not in file
- Virtua Willingboro Hospitalcode not in file
- Weisman Childrens Rehabilitation Hospitalcode not in file
- West Jersey Hospitalcode not in file