Cataract surgery cost in Los Angeles, CA

Standard cataract removal with lens implant, one eye. Prices below are cash prices and average insured rates published by 27 hospitals within 25 miles of Los Angeles.

Lowest published price$586
Typical price (median)$3,678
Highest published price$27,945
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Lowest prices near Los Angeles

  • UCLA Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital

    Los Angeles · 18.5 mi

    $586

    insured avg

  • Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center

    Los Angeles · 11.0 mi

    $863

    insured avg

  • UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center

    Santa Monica · 12.7 mi

    $2,509

    insured avg

  • Southern California Hospital at Culver City

    Culver City · 8.4 mi

    $2,548

    insured avg · Hospital fee only

  • Southern California Hospital at Hollywood

    Hollywood · 5.2 mi

    $2,676

    insured avg · Hospital fee only

  • Los Angeles Community Hospital at Norwalk

    Norwalk · 14.2 mi

    $3,035

    insured avg · Hospital fee only

  • Los Angeles General Medical Center

    Los Angeles · 2.7 mi · Same price at 2 other locations

    $3,101

    insured avg · Hospital fee only

  • Valley Presbyterian Hospital

    Van Nuys · 14.9 mi

    $3,188

    cash · Hospital fee only

  • Los Angeles Community Hospital

    Los Angeles · 3.8 mi

    $3,204

    insured avg · Hospital fee only

  • Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center

    Downey · 11.2 mi

    $3,332

    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