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EXTRACAPSULAR CATARACT REMOVAL WITH INSERTION OF INTRAOCULAR LENS PROSTHESIS (1-STAGE PROCEDURE), MANUAL OR MECHANICAL TECHNIQUE (EG, IRRIGATION AND ASPIRATION OR PHACOEMULSIFICATION), COMPLEX, REQUIRING DEVICES OR TECHNIQUES NOT GENERALLY USED IN ROUTINE CATARACT SURGERY (EG, IRIS EXPANSION DEVICE, SUTURE SUPPORT FOR INTRAOCULAR LENS, OR PRIMARY POSTERIOR CAPSULORRHEXIS) OR PERFORMED ON PATIENTS IN THE AMBLYOGENIC DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; WITHOUT ENDOSCOPIC CYCLOPHOTOCOAGULATION
Boone, NC
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Watauga Medical Center, Inc’s median price of $2.1k is 26% below the median hospital's median price ($2.9k), higher than 21% of the 1,760 hospitals reporting CPT 66982. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Last updated: Jun 3, 2026
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