Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
Original text from hospital filings
Removal of recurring cataract in lens capsule using a laser
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Low
$166
Average
$1.8k
Median
$1.1k
High
$37.0k
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| 1 | FHN Memorial Hospital Freeport, IL | $1.4k | $1.6k | $646 | 39% | 420–474 | $817 – $3.3k |
| 2 | North Carolina Baptist Hospital Winston Salem, NC | $379 | $510 | $264 | 52% | 287–422 | $194 – $1.0k |
| 3 | North Carolina Baptist Hospital Bermuda Run, NC | $359 | $483 | $250 | 52% | 287–422 | $184 – $984 |
| 4 | Fairview Health Services Minneapolis, MN | $3.1k | $3.2k | $1.1k | 35% | 141–231 | $1.2k – $5.9k |
| 5 | St Johns Hospital Of The Hospital Sisters Of The Third Order Of St Francis Springfield, IL | $2.3k | $1.9k | $445 | 23% | 99–234 | $1.3k – $2.3k |
| 6 | The Cleveland Clinic Foundation Cleveland, OH | $1.4k | $1.4k | $497 | 36% | 70–106 | $382 – $2.5k |
| 7 | Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital Sullivan, MO | $265 | $382 | $242 | 63% | 46–181 | $262 – $886 |
| 8 | West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc. Morgantown, WV | $1.1k | $1.2k | $263 | 22% | 44–107 | $941 – $1.9k |
| 9 | The Carle Foundation Hospital Urbana, IL | $1.7k | $1.5k | $687 | 47% | 39–66 | $267 – $2.3k |
| 10 | University of Colorado Hospital Authority Aurora, CO | $1.3k | $1.2k | $311 | 25% | 37–91 | $628 – $1.8k |
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