Cataract surgery cost by city

Standard cataract removal with lens implant, one eye. Across the hospitals we track, the typical published price is $2,983, but it varies a lot from one hospital to the next. Pick a city to compare hospitals there.

• Austin, TXtypical $1,234 · 15 hospitals
• Birmingham, ALtypical $1,807 · 3 hospitals
• Boston, MAtypical $4,330 · 7 hospitals
• Charleston, SCtypical $3,435 · 3 hospitals
• Chicago, ILtypical $3,406 · 10 hospitals
• Cleveland, OHtypical $3,124 · 13 hospitals
• Colorado Springs, COtypical $553 · 5 hospitals
• Columbus, OHtypical $1,269 · 6 hospitals
• Dallas, TXtypical $2,997 · 15 hospitals
• Denver, COtypical $2,597 · 14 hospitals
• Des Moines, IAtypical $2,727 · 3 hospitals
• Detroit, MItypical $2,693 · 18 hospitals
• El Paso, TXtypical $3,178 · 6 hospitals
• Fort Worth, TXtypical $3,037 · 8 hospitals
• Hartford, CTtypical $5,163 · 8 hospitals
• Honolulu, HItypical $5,268 · 4 hospitals
• Houston, TXtypical $1,401 · 20 hospitals
• Indianapolis, INtypical $569 · 5 hospitals
• Jacksonville, FLtypical $2,018 · 6 hospitals
• Kansas City, MOtypical $2,688 · 11 hospitals
• Knoxville, TNtypical $2,516 · 4 hospitals
• Las Vegas, NVtypical $3,058 · 6 hospitals
• Lexington, KYtypical $3,070 · 3 hospitals
• Little Rock, ARtypical $2,359 · 4 hospitals
• Los Angeles, CAtypical $3,678 · 27 hospitals
• Louisville, KYtypical $2,642 · 3 hospitals
• Memphis, TNtypical $3,295 · 5 hospitals
• Miami, FLtypical $1,509 · 11 hospitals
• Milwaukee, WItypical $3,724 · 10 hospitals
• Nashville, TNtypical $3,374 · 7 hospitals
• New York, NYtypical $3,043 · 47 hospitals
• Omaha, NEtypical $5,241 · 8 hospitals
• Orlando, FLtypical $3,535 · 4 hospitals
• Philadelphia, PAtypical $2,359 · 9 hospitals
• Phoenix, AZtypical $3,093 · 12 hospitals
• Pittsburgh, PAtypical $2,461 · 9 hospitals
• Riverside, CAtypical $3,700 · 8 hospitals
• Rochester, NYtypical $2,562 · 3 hospitals
• Sacramento, CAtypical $6,982 · 5 hospitals
• Salt Lake City, UTtypical $4,038 · 4 hospitals
• San Antonio, TXtypical $3,058 · 16 hospitals
• San Francisco, CAtypical $1,761 · 5 hospitals
• San Jose, CAtypical $5,800 · 3 hospitals
• Seattle, WAtypical $5,412 · 7 hospitals
• Spokane, WAtypical $3,880 · 3 hospitals
• Tampa, FLtypical $7,482 · 13 hospitals
• Tucson, AZtypical $4,518 · 5 hospitals
• Tulsa, OKtypical $2,332 · 5 hospitals
• Washington, DCtypical $3,873 · 6 hospitals

Typical means the middle price among hospitals within 25 miles of each city, as of 2026-10-15.