Cataract surgery

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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.

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What each hospital calls it: Baylor Scott & White Medical Center Trophy Club, “EXTRACAPSULAR CATARACT REMOVAL W/INSERTION OF INTRAOCULAR LENS PROSTHESIS REG. 66984”; Baylor Scott & White Medical Center Uptown, “EXTRACAPSULAR CATARACT REMOVAL W/INSERTION OF INTRAOCULAR LENS PROSTHESIS REG. 66984”; Parkland Health, “Removal of cataract with insertion of prosthetic lens”; Star Medical Center, “XCAPSL CTRC RMVL W/O ECP”; Methodist Southwest Medical Center, “Xcapsl Ctrc Rmvl Insj Io Lens Prosth W/O Ecp”; Pipeline East Dallas, “Extracapsular cataract removal”; Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Frisco, “XCAPSL CTRC RMVL W/O ECP”; Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Waxahachie, “EXTRACAPSULAR CATARACT REMOVAL WITH INSERTION OF INTRAOCULAR LENS PROSTHESIS (1 STAGE PROCEDURE), MANUAL OR MECHANICAL TECHNIQUE (EG, IRRIGATION AND ASPIRATION OR PHACOEMULSIFICATION); WITHOUT ENDOSCOPIC CYCLOPHOTOCOAGULATION”; Baylor Scott & White Medical Center Sunnyvale, “XCAPSL CTRC RMVL W/O ECP”; Ennis Regional Medical Center, “Cataract surg w/iol 1 stage”; JPS Health Network, “Cataract surg w/iol 1 stage”; Medical City Alliance Hospital, “Extracapsular cataract removal with insertion of intraocular lens prosthesis (1 stage procedure), manual or mechanical technique (eg, irrigation and aspiration or phacoemulsification); without endosco”; Medical City Argyle Hospital, “Extracapsular cataract removal with insertion of intraocular lens prosthesis (1 stage procedure), manual or mechanical technique (eg, irrigation and aspiration or phacoemulsification); without endosco”; Medical City Arlington Hospital, “Extracapsular cataract removal with insertion of intraocular lens prosthesis (1 stage procedure), manual or mechanical technique (eg, irrigation and aspiration or phacoemulsification); without endosco”; Medical City Dallas Hospital, “Extracapsular cataract removal with insertion of intraocular lens prosthesis (1 stage procedure), manual or mechanical technique (eg, irrigation and aspiration or phacoemulsification); without endosco”; Medical City Decatur Hospital, “Extracapsular cataract removal with insertion of intraocular lens prosthesis (1 stage procedure), manual or mechanical technique (eg, irrigation and aspiration or phacoemulsification); without endosco”; Medical City Denton Hospital, “Extracapsular cataract removal with insertion of intraocular lens prosthesis (1 stage procedure), manual or mechanical technique (eg, irrigation and aspiration or phacoemulsification); without endosco”; Medical City Fort Worth Hospital, “Extracapsular cataract removal with insertion of intraocular lens prosthesis (1 stage procedure), manual or mechanical technique (eg, irrigation and aspiration or phacoemulsification); without endosco”; Medical City Frisco Hospital, “Extracapsular cataract removal with insertion of intraocular lens prosthesis (1 stage procedure), manual or mechanical technique (eg, irrigation and aspiration or phacoemulsification); without endosco”; Medical City Las Colinas Hospital, “Extracapsular cataract removal with insertion of intraocular lens prosthesis (1 stage procedure), manual or mechanical technique (eg, irrigation and aspiration or phacoemulsification); without endosco”; Medical City Lewisville Hospital, “Extracapsular cataract removal with insertion of intraocular lens prosthesis (1 stage procedure), manual or mechanical technique (eg, irrigation and aspiration or phacoemulsification); without endosco”; Medical City McKinney Hospital, “Extracapsular cataract removal with insertion of intraocular lens prosthesis (1 stage procedure), manual or mechanical technique (eg, irrigation and aspiration or phacoemulsification); without endosco”; Medical City North Hills Hospital, “Extracapsular cataract removal with insertion of intraocular lens prosthesis (1 stage procedure), manual or mechanical technique (eg, irrigation and aspiration or phacoemulsification); without endosco”; Medical City Plano Hospital, “Extracapsular cataract removal with insertion of intraocular lens prosthesis (1 stage procedure), manual or mechanical technique (eg, irrigation and aspiration or phacoemulsification); without endosco”; Medical City Sachse Hospital, “Extracapsular cataract removal with insertion of intraocular lens prosthesis (1 stage procedure), manual or mechanical technique (eg, irrigation and aspiration or phacoemulsification); without endosco”; Medical City Weatherford Hospital, “Extracapsular cataract removal with insertion of intraocular lens prosthesis (1 stage procedure), manual or mechanical technique (eg, irrigation and aspiration or phacoemulsification); without endosco”; Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital, “XCAPSL CTRC RMVL W/O ECP”; Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance, “XCAPSL CTRC RMVL W/O ECP”; Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Azle, “XCAPSL CTRC RMVL W/O ECP”; Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Cleburne, “XCAPSL CTRC RMVL W/O ECP”; Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth, “XCAPSL CTRC RMVL W/O ECP”; Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Hurst-Euless-Bedford, “XCAPSL CTRC RMVL W/O ECP”; Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southlake, “XCAPSL CTRC RMVL W/O ECP”; Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest Fort Worth, “XCAPSL CTRC RMVL W/O ECP”; Texas Health Heart & Vascular Hospital Arlington, “XCAPSL CTRC RMVL W/O ECP”; Texas Health Hospital Frisco, “XCAPSL CTRC RMVL W/O ECP”; Texas Health Hospital Rockwall, “XCAPSL CTRC RMVL W/O ECP”; Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Allen, “XCAPSL CTRC RMVL W/O ECP”; Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, “XCAPSL CTRC RMVL W/O ECP”; Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Denton, “XCAPSL CTRC RMVL W/O ECP”; Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Flower Mound, “XCAPSL CTRC RMVL W/O ECP”; Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Kaufman, “XCAPSL CTRC RMVL W/O ECP”; Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano, “XCAPSL CTRC RMVL W/O ECP”; USMD Hospital at Arlington, “XCAPSL CTRC RMVL W/O ECP”; William P Clements Jr University Hospital, “XCAPSL CTRC RMVL W/O ECP”.