Cataract surgery cost in Chicago, IL

Standard cataract removal with lens implant, one eye. Prices below are cash prices and average insured rates published by 10 hospitals within 25 miles of Chicago.

Lowest published price$551
Typical price (median)$3,406
Highest published price$6,467
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Lowest prices near Chicago

  • Rush University Medical Center

    Chicago · 2.2 mi

    $551

    cash

  • Loyola University Medical Center

    Maywood · 8.8 mi

    $1,023

    cash · Hospital fee only

  • Rush Oak Park Hospital

    5.9 mi

    $1,219

    cash

  • MacNeal Hospital Gottlieb Community Health Services Corporation

    Berwyn · 6.0 mi · Same price at 1 other location

    $1,763

    insured avg · Hospital fee only

  • West Suburban Medical Center

    Oak Park · 6.5 mi · Same price at 1 other location

    $3,116

    insured avg · Hospital fee only

  • South Shore Hospital

    Chicago · 10.6 mi

    $3,696

    cash

  • Ascension Alexian Brothers Rehabilitation Hospital (Alexian Brothers Medical Center)

    19.6 mi · Same price at 1 other location

    $3,941

    insured avg

  • Franciscan Health Munster

    22.4 mi

    $4,076

    cash

  • Jackson Park Hospital

    Chicago · 8.2 mi

    $5,059

    cash

  • Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center

    Chicago · 6.3 mi · Same price at 7 other locations

    $6,467

    insured avg · Hospital fee only

How to use these prices

A cash price is what the hospital says it charges patients who pay for themselves. An insured average is what insurance plans pay on average, which is a useful guide when a hospital doesn’t list a cash price. Ask the hospital for its self-pay price before you book, and for a written Good Faith Estimate.

For your doctor’s office: these prices are for billing code CPT 66984.

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These are estimates from prices hospitals publish under federal price transparency rules, from files dated Feb 2026. They are not a quote or a bill, and the hospital may charge a different amount. “Lowest” means the lowest published price we found, not a guaranteed price.

If you are uninsured or paying cash, you have the right to a written Good Faith Estimate from the provider before you schedule care, and you can dispute a bill that comes in $400 or more above it.

Your provider may bill a different code for the same visit. CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association. More about these prices