Cataract surgery cost in New York, NY

Standard cataract removal with lens implant, one eye. Prices below are cash prices and average insured rates published by 47 hospitals within 25 miles of New York.

Lowest published price$1,625
Typical price (median)$3,043
Highest published price$20,630
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Lowest prices near New York

  • White Plains Hospital

    White Plains · 22.0 mi

    $1,625

    cash

  • Flushing Hospital Medical Center

    8.1 mi

    $1,812

    cash · Hospital fee only

  • Perth Amboy Medical Center

    Perth Amboy · 22.8 mi

    $2,371

    cash · Hospital fee only

  • JFK University Medical Center

    Edison · 23.6 mi

    $2,371

    cash · Hospital fee only

  • Nassau University Medical Center

    East Meadow · 22.3 mi

    $2,432

    insured avg · Hospital fee only

  • Palisades Medical Center

    North Bergen · 3.5 mi

    $2,591

    cash · Hospital fee only

  • Hackensack University Medical Center

    Hackensack · 9.7 mi

    $2,591

    cash · Hospital fee only

  • St. Joseph's University Medical Center

    Paterson · 13.4 mi · Same price at 1 other location

    $2,643

    insured avg · Hospital fee only

  • Kings County Hospital Center

    Brooklyn · 7.8 mi

    $2,668

    cash · Hospital fee only

  • Bellevue Hospital Center

    New York · 1.0 mi

    $2,695

    cash · 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 to Mar 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