Cataract surgery

US hospitals must publish their prices by law. We take them from each hospital's own file. They're what hospitals charge, not what patients told us they paid, and not a quote.

Hospitals are compared on the same billing code, but what each one includes in that price can differ. Doctors, anesthesia and some tests are often billed separately and aren't included.

For insurance, we show what most plans pay the hospital, leaving out the very lowest and highest. Your own share depends on your plan.

What each hospital calls it: Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Austin, “HC CATARACT SURG W/IOL,”; Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Buda, “HC CATARACT SURG W/IOL,”; Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Lakeway, “HC CATARACT SURG W/IOL,”; Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Pflugerville, “HC CATARACT SURG W/IOL,”; Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Round Rock, “HC CATARACT SURG W/IOL,”; Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Taylor, “HC CATARACT SURG W/IOL,”; Ascension Seton Cedar Park Hospital, “XCAPSL CTRC RMVL W/O ECP”; Ascension Seton Edgar B. Davis, “XCAPSL CTRC RMVL W/O ECP”; Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin, “XCAPSL CTRC RMVL W/O ECP”; Ascension Seton Northwest, “XCAPSL CTRC RMVL W/O ECP”; Ascension Seton Smithville, “XCAPSL CTRC RMVL W/O ECP”; Ascension Seton Southwest, “XCAPSL CTRC RMVL W/O ECP”; CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital - San Marcos, “XCAPSL CTRC RMVL W/O ECP”; Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas (Ascension Seton), “XCAPSL CTRC RMVL W/O ECP”; North Austin Medical Center, “Extracapsular cataract removal with insertion of intraocular lens prosthesis (1 stage procedure), manual or mechanical technique (eg, irrigation and aspiration or phacoemulsification); without endosco”; Round Rock Medical Center, “Extracapsular cataract removal with insertion of intraocular lens prosthesis (1 stage procedure), manual or mechanical technique (eg, irrigation and aspiration or phacoemulsification); without endosco”; South Austin Medical Center, “Extracapsular cataract removal with insertion of intraocular lens prosthesis (1 stage procedure), manual or mechanical technique (eg, irrigation and aspiration or phacoemulsification); without endosco”; St David's Medical Center, “Extracapsular cataract removal with insertion of intraocular lens prosthesis (1 stage procedure), manual or mechanical technique (eg, irrigation and aspiration or phacoemulsification); without endosco”; St. David's Georgetown, “Extracapsular cataract removal with insertion of intraocular lens prosthesis (1 stage procedure), manual or mechanical technique (eg, irrigation and aspiration or phacoemulsification); without endosco”.