The median cash price for Cataract Surgery (one eye) is $2,102.10, based on the stated self-pay prices 13 hospitals publish in their federal price-transparency files. Across all 29 hospitals we cover, prices run $936.62–$44,429.70.
| Hospital | Cash price | Gross charge | File dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Ford Hospital Detroit, MI |
$284.89 est. | — | 2025-06-28 |
| Dignity Health St Josephs Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix, AZ |
$566.82 est. | — | 2026-02-28 |
| Temple University Hospital Philadelphia, PA |
$843.54 est. | — | 2026-04-13 |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA |
$936.62 cash | $1,440.95 | 2025-11-26 |
| WVU Hospitals Morgantown, WV |
$994.33 cash | $1,988.66 | 3/30/2026 |
| OHSU Hospital Portland, OR |
$1,036.61 est. | — | 2026-03-23 |
| NYU Langone Tisch Hospital New York, NY |
$1,112.98 est. | — | 2026-01-01 |
| Duke University Hospital Durham, NC |
$1,174.50 cash | $4,350 | 04/01/2026 |
| University of Michigan Health Ann Arbor, MI |
$1,194 cash | $2,985 | 3/31/2026 |
| Scripps Green Hospital San Diego, CA |
$1,943.50 cash | $7,774.02 | 2026-03-30 |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla San Diego, CA |
$1,943.50 cash | $7,774.02 | 2026-03-30 |
| Cleveland Clinic Main Campus Cleveland, OH |
$2,102.10 cash | $3,234 | 2026-06-16 |
| University Hospitals Health System Cleveland, OH |
$2,114.33 est. | — | 2025-05-16 |
| Providence Alaska Medical Center Anchorage, AK |
$2,236 est. | — | 2026-04-01 |
| Froedtert Hospital Milwaukee, WI |
$2,317.68 est. | — | 2025-12-31 |
| Houston Methodist Hospital Houston, TX |
$2,318.34 est. | — | 2026-04-01 |
| Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center Houston, TX |
$2,318.34 est. | — | 2026-04-01 |
| Tampa General Hospital Tampa, FL |
$2,410.01 est. | — | 2026-04-01 |
| University of Chicago Medical Center Chicago, IL |
$2,473.11 est. | — | 2026-04-01 |
| OSF HealthCare Peoria, IL |
$2,473.11 est. | — | 2026-03-31 |
| HMH Hospitals Corporation (Hackensack) Hackensack, NJ |
$2,524.45 cash | $7,351 | 2025-12-31 |
| UC Irvine Medical Center Orange, CA |
$2,968.25 est. | — | 2026-04-01 |
| UCSF Medical Center San Francisco, CA |
$3,375.96 est. | — | 2026-04-01 |
| Stanford Health Care Palo Alto, CA |
$3,394.49 est. | — | 2026-04-01 |
| Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital (Dartmouth) Lebanon, NH |
$3,447.09 cash | $11,265 | 1/1/2026 |
| Montefiore Medical Center New York, NY |
$5,765.50 cash | $8,870 | 2026-04-01 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston, NJ |
$6,839 cash | — | 2026-03-04 |
| Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center Oakland, CA |
$8,624 cash | $15,400 | 4/1/2026 |
| Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle, WA |
$44,429.70 cash | — | 03/31/2026 |
"Cash price" = the hospital's published discounted_cash self-pay rate. "Gross charge" = the sticker price before any discount — what cash-pay patients are first billed and can negotiate down toward the cash rate.
If you're paying cash for Cataract Surgery (one eye), the hospital's published self-pay price is a ceiling you can negotiate from, not a fixed quote. Bring the figure above (and the source file) to billing and ask for the cash / prompt-pay rate. Free-standing imaging centers and ASCs are often well below hospital outpatient rates.