Hospital prices, out in the open.

Cataract removal with lens implant in GA66984

Cataract surg w/iol 1 stage

Lowest reported
$2
Typical
$4,178
Highest reported
$16,442

Across 61 GA hospitals that publish a negotiated price for this code. Each hospital's figure is the middle of the rates it publishes across its own insurance plans, so the spread within one hospital is often wider than the gap between two.

Two different kinds of price are mixed together below. A procedure code is billed twice — once by the hospital for its own costs, once by the doctor for their work — and hospitals publish different sides of that split under the same code. For this code, 37 hospitals publish a facility charge, 7 hospitals publish both, mixed together, and 17 hospitals do not say which. A physician fee is typically a small fraction of the hospital charge, so a much lower number here usually means it is measuring less, not that the hospital is cheaper. Unlabelled does not mean it is the hospital charge — some hospitals publish a physician fee without saying so, and nothing in the data distinguishes them.
Hospital Typical Hospital’s own chargefacility Doctor’s chargeprofessional Self-paycash price Lowest Highest Plans on file
St Marys Good Samaritan Hospital
GREENSBORO · ★4/5
Facility fee only
$2 $2 not mentioned $8,396 $2 $2 1
Atrium Health Navicent Peach
BYRON · ★1/5
Facility & physician mixed
see split → $2,749 $593 not published $567 $2,923 21
Grady Memorial Hospital
ATLANTA · ★2/5
Facility & physician mixed
see split → $3,213 $685 not published $366 $8,847 99
Putnam General Hospital
EATONTON · not rated
$960 not mentioned not mentioned $950 $435 $1,615 13
Coffee Regional Medical Center
DOUGLAS · ★3/5
Facility & physician mixed
see split → $2,274 $451 not published $437 $5,415 141
Effingham Health System
SPRINGFIELD · not rated
$1,229 not mentioned not mentioned $2,854 $1,175 $4,170 13
Liberty Regional Medical Center
HINESVILLE · not rated
$1,437 not mentioned not mentioned $6,660 $359 $6,216 12
Dodge County Hospital
EASTMAN · not rated
$1,700 not mentioned not mentioned not published $1 $4,393 45
Navicent Health Baldwin
MILLEDGEVILLE · ★2/5
Facility & physician mixed
see split → $2,256 $554 not published $493 $6,575 30
Optim Medical Center - Screven
SYLVANIA · not rated
Facility fee only
$2,043 $2,043 not mentioned $5,834 $2,022 $3,034 6
Phoebe Sumter Medical Center
AMERICUS · ★3/5
Facility fee only
$2,124 $2,124 not mentioned not published $2,022 $3,539 7
Atrium Health Navicent the Medical Center
MACON · ★2/5
Facility & physician mixed
see split → $2,400 $628 not published $493 $6,858 38
Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center
ROME · ★2/5
Facility fee only
$2,222 $2,222 not mentioned not published $1,515 $4,445 15
St Francis Hospital- Emory Healthcare
COLUMBUS · ★3/5
Facility fee only
$2,241 $2,241 not mentioned not published $766 $7,574 16
Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital
ALBANY · ★2/5
Facility fee only
$2,334 $2,334 not mentioned not published $2,223 $3,890 7
AdventHealth Murray
CHATSWORTH · ★5/5
Facility fee only
$2,374 $2,374 not mentioned not published $2,149 $4,259 6
AdventHealth Gordon
CALHOUN · ★3/5
Facility fee only
$2,452 $2,452 not mentioned not published $2,297 $4,646 9
Chi Memorial Hospital- Georgia
RINGGOLD · ★3/5
$2,943 not mentioned not mentioned not published $167 $5,430 20
Emory Houston Hospital Warner Robins
WARNER ROBINS · ★2/5
Facility fee only
$3,012 $3,012 not mentioned not published $2,067 $10,848 13
Tanner Medical Center Villa Rica
VILLA RICA · ★3/5
$3,071 not mentioned not mentioned $3,071 $1,113 $4,761 17
AdventHealth Redmond
ROME · ★4/5
Facility fee only
$3,107 $3,107 not mentioned not published $2,112 $10,887 13
Doctors Hospital
AUGUSTA · ★3/5
$3,132 not mentioned not mentioned not published $1,150 $7,512 195
Memorial Health University Medical Center
SAVANNAH · ★1/5
$3,442 not mentioned not mentioned not published $1,150 $7,512 209
WellStar MCG Health, Affiliated with Med Col
AUGUSTA · ★1/5
Facility fee only
$3,553 $3,553 not mentioned not published $2,022 $8,057 22
East Georgia Regional Medical Center
STATESBORO · ★3/5
Facility fee only
$3,866 $3,866 not mentioned $3,866 $493 $15,976 41
Emory Hillandale Hospital
LITHONIA · ★1/5
Facility fee only
$3,895 $3,895 not mentioned $10,558 $2,315 $10,848 17
St Joseph's Hospital - Savannah
SAVANNAH · ★2/5
Facility fee only
$3,955 $3,955 not mentioned not published $2,022 $6,953 24
Candler Hospital
SAVANNAH · ★2/5
Facility fee only
$3,955 $3,955 not mentioned not published $2,022 $6,953 24
WellStar West Georgia Medical Center
LAGRANGE · ★5/5
Facility fee only
$4,099 $4,099 not mentioned not published $2,271 $8,837 14
Stephens County Hospital
TOCCOA · ★2/5
$4,171 not mentioned not mentioned $3,033 $1,625 $5,055 10
WellStar Spalding Medical Center
GRIFFIN · ★2/5
Facility fee only
$4,178 $4,178 not mentioned not published $2,315 $8,822 14
Northside Hospital
ATLANTA · ★3/5
$4,274 not mentioned not mentioned not published $696 $50,000 108
Northside Hospital Gwinnett
LAWRENCEVILLE · ★3/5
$4,274 not mentioned not mentioned not published $696 $50,000 111
Northside Hospital Forsyth
CUMMING · ★4/5
$4,274 not mentioned not mentioned not published $696 $50,000 107
Northside Hospital Cherokee
CANTON · ★4/5
$4,274 not mentioned not mentioned not published $696 $50,000 109
Northside Hospital Duluth
DULUTH · ★4/5
$4,274 not mentioned not mentioned not published $696 $50,000 111
WellStar Douglas Medical Center
DOUGLASVILLE · ★3/5
Facility fee only
$4,298 $4,298 not mentioned not published $2,323 $8,822 13
WellStar Kennestone Regional Medical Center
MARIETTA · ★4/5
Facility fee only
$4,337 $4,337 not mentioned not published $2,344 $8,800 13
WellStar North Fulton Medical Center
ROSWELL · ★2/5
Facility fee only
$4,337 $4,337 not mentioned not published $2,344 $8,933 13
WellStar Paulding Medical Center
HIRAM · ★4/5
Facility fee only
$4,337 $4,337 not mentioned not published $2,344 $8,800 13
WellStar Cobb Medical Center
AUSTELL · ★3/5
Facility fee only
$4,337 $4,337 not mentioned not published $2,344 $9,141 13
Fairview Park Hospital
DUBLIN · ★4/5
$4,368 not mentioned not mentioned not published $1,150 $7,512 227
Memorial Health Meadows Hospital
VIDALIA · ★5/5
$4,384 not mentioned not mentioned not published $1,150 $22,050 133
Emory University Hospital Midtown
ATLANTA · ★2/5
Facility fee only
$4,455 $4,455 not mentioned $10,558 $2,344 $10,848 19
Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta
ATLANTA · ★3/5
Facility fee only
$4,455 $4,455 not mentioned $10,558 $2,344 $10,848 19
Emory Decatur Hospital
DECATUR · ★2/5
Facility fee only
$4,455 $4,455 not mentioned $10,558 $2,315 $10,848 19
Emory Johns Creek Hospital
JOHNS CREEK · ★4/5
Facility fee only
$4,455 $4,455 not mentioned $10,558 $2,344 $10,848 19
Emory University Hospital
ATLANTA · ★4/5
Facility fee only
$4,455 $4,455 not mentioned $10,558 $2,315 $10,848 19
Tift Regional Medical Center
TIFTON · ★3/5
Facility & physician mixed
see split → $4,992 $727 not published $483 $9,978 22
Optim Medical Center - Tattnall
REIDSVILLE · not rated
Facility fee only
$4,994 $4,994 not mentioned $5,834 $4,994 $4,994 1
Mountain Lakes Medical Center
CLAYTON · not rated
Facility fee only
$5,172 $5,172 not mentioned $2,669 $4,671 $5,672 2
Memorial Satilla Health
WAYCROSS · ★3/5
$5,508 not mentioned not mentioned not published $1,150 $7,512 166
Hamilton Medical Center
DALTON · ★3/5
Facility fee only
$5,567 $5,567 not mentioned not published $5,302 $9,635 3
WellStar Sylvan Grove Medical Center
JACKSON · not rated
Facility fee only
$6,669 $6,669 not mentioned not published $3,680 $8,334 6
St Mary's Hospital
ATHENS · ★1/5
Facility fee only
$6,861 $6,861 not mentioned $9,654 $2,226 $9,990 94
Southwell Medical, a Campus of TRMC
ADEL · not rated
Facility & physician mixed
see split → $7,434 $727 not published $483 $14,868 21
Northeast Georgia Medical Center Habersham
DEMOREST · ★3/5
Facility fee only
$10,002 $10,002 not mentioned not published $2,022 $28,551 10
Ty Cobb Regional Medical Center
LAVONIA · ★3/5
Facility fee only
$11,117 $11,117 not mentioned $6,948 $1,982 $11,117 91
Northeast Georgia Medical Center Lumpkin
DAHLONEGA · ★5/5
Facility fee only
$16,442 $16,442 not mentioned not published $2,395 $28,551 9
Northeast Georgia Medical Center
GAINESVILLE · ★3/5
Facility fee only
$16,442 $16,442 not mentioned not published $2,271 $28,551 9
NGMC Barrow
WINDER · ★4/5
Facility fee only
$16,442 $16,442 not mentioned not published $2,315 $28,551 9

Self-pay is what the hospital charges someone paying themselves rather than through insurance — the number to use if you have no coverage, or if this hospital is out of network. Paying self-pay usually doesn’t count toward your deductible, so it can cost less for this one service and more across a full year, if you’d have met your deductible anyway. Every other figure here is what an insurer pays, not what you would.

The doctor’s side, roughly. Nationally, Medicare allows about $650 for the clinician who performs or reads this service, across 10,370 billing providers in 2024. That is a separate bill from everything above, and it is not added to any figure on this page — it is a Medicare average, not this hospital’s charge and not your plan’s rate, so combining them would produce a total no source states. It is here to show the rough size of what a hospital price leaves out.
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1 of these 61 hospitals has not published an updated price file in over a year, or does not say when they last did. Hospitals are required to update at least annually, so those figures may not reflect what they charge now: Tanner Medical Center Villa Rica.

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These are prices the hospitals published themselves, as required by the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule (45 CFR 180.50). They are the hospital's share only — the surgeon, anesthesiologist and radiologist usually bill separately and do not appear in any hospital file, so treat every figure here as part of a total rather than the total. What you actually pay also depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance.