CPT 66821 · 1,072 hospitals reporting

Cataract yag laser surgery

The same procedure costs $77 at one hospital and $8,473 at another — a 110× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $871.

Cheapest published

$77

Lowest published price across all reporting hospitals.

Median across 1,072 hospitals

$871

The realistic middle of the cash-price distribution. Use this as your benchmark.

Most expensive

$8,473

Highest published price. Often a gross-charge "list price" rarely actually paid.

Price distribution

292 hospitals · log-scale x-axis

Each bar = number of hospitals charging in that price range. Emerald bar contains the median. Amber dots = entries we flagged as likely partial-cost line items (excluded from the table below).

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Why some prices look unrealistically low or high

Hospitals publish their machine-readable files (MRFs) the way they choose. A single procedure code can appear with very different prices depending on what's being charged:

Global price — facility + implant + anesthesia + surgeon. This is what you'd actually be billed.
Professional fee only — surgeon's portion. Often $500–$2,500 for a major procedure that costs $20K+ globally.
Facility fee only — operating room and recovery, no implant or surgeon.
Per-unit / per-minute charges — e.g. anesthesia time billed at $0.68/min appearing under a CPT code.
Rate multipliers — values like 0.85 meaning "85% of Medicare" rather than dollars.

We filter the most obvious artifacts (under $50, or 25× above the median), but rows in the $500–$2K range for a major procedure are typically professional-only and we can't always tell. Use the median and high-end as the realistic range; treat very low rows as partial-cost line items, not full bills.

500 hospitals reporting

Hospital	State	Gross	Cash price	Min negotiated	Max negotiated	Your insurer
FRANKLIN HOSPITAL	IL	$1,158	$868	—	—	5 insurers
HILTON HEAD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	SC	—	$873	$512	$1,779	5 insurers
EAST COOPER MEDICAL CENTER	SC	—	$873	$512	$8,104	5 insurers
COASTAL CAROLINA HOSPITAL	SC	—	$873	$512	$1,578	5 insurers
BROADLAWNS MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$874	$874	—	—	5 insurers
COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WI	$1,571	$864	—	—	2 insurers
FROEDTERT MEMORIAL LUTHERAN HOSPITAL	WI	$1,571	$864	—	—	2 insurers
ADAMS COUNTY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$1,079	$863	$196	$1,025	4 insurers
BRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL	CT	$1,727	$881	—	—	5 insurers
CHEYENNE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	WY	$1,265	$886	—	—	4 insurers
TERREBONNE GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER - PARISH	LA	$3,518	$887	$181	$3,342	5 insurers
PHYSICIANS MEDICAL CENTER	LA	$3,518	$887	$181	$3,342	5 insurers
GREENWICH HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION -	CT	$1,727	$898	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW SOUTHDALE HOSPITAL	MN	$2,295	$920	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW UNIVERSITY OF MN MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$2,295	$920	—	—	5 insurers
FAIRVIEW NORTHLAND REGIONAL HOSPITAL	MN	$2,295	$920	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL	MN	$2,295	$920	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW WOODWINDS HOSPITAL	MN	$2,295	$920	—	—	5 insurers
TRINITY ROCK ISLAND	IL	$1,025	$820	—	—	4 insurers
TRINITY - BETTENDORF	IA	$1,025	$820	—	—	4 insurers
ALLEN HOSPITAL	IA	$1,025	$820	—	—	4 insurers
FINLEY HOSPITAL	IA	$1,025	$820	—	—	5 insurers
GRINNELL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$1,025	$820	—	—	5 insurers
GRUNDY COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IA	$1,025	$820	—	—	4 insurers
THOMAS HOSPITAL	AL	$1,639	$820	—	—	5 insurers
GROSSMONT HOSPITAL	CA	$1,075	$806	—	—	5 insurers
SHARP MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	CA	$1,075	$806	—	—	5 insurers
PRINCETON BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$1,611	$806	—	—	5 insurers
MONROE HOSPITAL	IN	$800	$800	—	—	5 insurers
HASKELL REGIONAL HOSPITAL, INC	OK	$800	$800	—	—	5 insurers
UNIONTOWN HOSPITAL	PA	$1,598	$799	—	—	5 insurers
MEDICAL WEST, AN AFFILIATE OF UAB HEALTH SYSTEM	AL	$3,188	$797	—	—	5 insurers
BOZEMAN HEALTH DEACONESS HOSPITAL	MT	$996	$797	$315	$996	5 insurers
BOZEMAN HEALTH BIG SKY MEDICAL CENTER	MT	$996	$797	$315	$996	5 insurers
FLUSHING HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	NY	$947	$947	—	—	5 insurers
SURGICAL INSTITUTE OF READING	PA	$4,806	$793	$217	$224,921	5 insurers
BARAGA COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	MI	$787	$787	—	—	0 insurers
COQUILLE VALLEY HOSPITAL	OR	—	$780	$429	$780	5 insurers
ROME MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INC	NY	$1,921	$776	—	—	5 insurers
NEVADA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	MO	$774	$774	$232	$1,315	0 insurers