$16.3B in total Medicare payments across 10 years
Procedure 66984 (Removal of cataract with insertion of lens) received $16.3B in total Medicare payments.
Across 74.2M services, the average Medicare payment was $220.35 per service.
AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.
| Year | Payments | Services | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | $1.7B | 6.9M | — |
| 2015 | $1.7B | 7.2M | -1.6% |
| 2016 | $1.7B | 7.7M | +4.3% |
| 2017 | $1.7B | 7.7M | +1.0% |
| 2018 | $1.8B | 8.4M | +1.9% |
| 2019 | $1.8B | 8.7M | -0.7% |
| 2020 | $1.3B | 5.9M | -25.8% |
| 2021 | $1.6B | 7.4M | +20.4% |
| 2022 | $1.5B | 7.3M | -1.6% |
| 2023 | $1.6B | 7.1M | +1.6% |
| # | Provider | Specialty | State | Payments | Services | Avg/Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | River Drive Surgery Center, Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | NJ | $5.0M | 5.0K | $988.32 |
| 2 | Island Eye Surgicenter Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | NY | $4.2M | 4.3K | $969.85 |
| 3 | Roanoke Valley Center For Sight Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | VA | $3.8M | 5.0K | $763.29 |
| 4 | Sight Partners, Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | WA | $3.8M | 4.4K | $872.06 |
| 5 | Specialty Surgical Center, Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | CA | $3.5M | 3.5K | $985.73 |
| 6 | Long Island Ambulatory Surgery Center, Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | NY | $3.3M | 3.4K | $974.61 |
| 7 | Ophthalmology Surgery Center Of Dallas, Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | TX | $3.3M | 4.1K | $801.52 |
| 8 | Virginia Surgery Center, Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | VA | $3.1M | 4.0K | $779.86 |
| 9 | Stony Point Surgery Center, L.L.C | Ambulatory Surgical Center | VA | $3.0M | 3.7K | $818.00 |
| 10 | Endo Group, Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | NY | $3.0M | 3.1K | $978.89 |
| 11 | Peninsula Eye Surgery Center Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | CA | $2.9M | 2.4K | $1.2K |
| 12 | Laser & Surgical Services At Center For Sight Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | FL | $2.9M | 3.5K | $821.85 |
| 13 | West Suburban Eye Surgery Center Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | MA | $2.9M | 3.3K | $870.88 |
| 14 | Dupage Eye Surgery Center, Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | IL | $2.8M | 3.3K | $844.40 |
| 15 | Eye Surgery Centers Of Arizona, Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | AZ | $2.8M | 3.3K | $840.49 |
| 16 | Rockville Eye Surgery Center, Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | MD | $2.8M | 3.3K | $829.12 |
| 17 | St Lukes Surgical Center Inc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | FL | $2.8M | 3.5K | $794.08 |
| 18 | Virginia Eye Institute Inc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | VA | $2.6M | 3.3K | $787.90 |
| 19 | Scottsdale Eye Surgery Center, P.C | Ambulatory Surgical Center | AZ | $2.6M | 3.1K | $831.09 |
| 20 | Surgery Center Of Northern Colorado | Ambulatory Surgical Center | CO | $2.5M | 3.0K | $834.81 |
| 21 | Wolfe Surgery Center, Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | IA | $2.5M | 3.1K | $786.04 |
| 22 | Syracuse Asc, Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | NY | $2.4M | 2.9K | $835.58 |
| 23 | Freedom Vision Surgery Center Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | CA | $2.4M | 2.4K | $975.96 |
| 24 | Bergen-Passaic Cataract Laser And Surgery Center, Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | NJ | $2.2M | 2.3K | $981.92 |
| 25 | Physicians Eye Surgery Center Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | SC | $2.2M | 2.8K | $800.63 |
| State | Payments | Services | Providers | Avg/Provider |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CA | $153.9M | 222.0K | 1.3K | $122.8K |
| FL | $118.5M | 207.5K | 944 | $125.5K |
| TX | $113.0M | 203.2K | 992 | $113.9K |
| NY | $70.6M | 166.1K | 677 | $104.3K |
| PA | $65.0M | 121.6K | 665 | $97.8K |
| IL | $56.0M | 768.2K | 572 | $97.8K |
| VA | $52.6M | 394.4K | 378 | $139.0K |
| NJ | $52.4M | 78.1K | 371 | $141.2K |
| OH | $49.6M | 437.7K | 534 | $92.8K |
| MA | $46.5M | 235.0K | 325 | $143.2K |
| WA | $44.3M | 79.2K | 455 | $97.5K |
| MD | $43.6M | 69.6K | 253 | $172.5K |
| NC | $43.1M | 608.2K | 584 | $73.7K |
| AZ | $42.8M | 73.3K | 268 | $159.7K |
| GA | $42.4M | 271.0K | 411 | $103.1K |
| TN | $40.7M | 341.4K | 454 | $89.5K |
| IN | $39.5M | 83.1K | 451 | $87.5K |
| SC | $37.5M | 219.1K | 265 | $141.3K |
| MI | $33.6M | 72.1K | 484 | $69.5K |
| MO | $31.3M | 81.0K | 423 | $74.0K |
| CO | $26.9M | 47.3K | 277 | $97.1K |
| OK | $24.4M | 56.3K | 352 | $69.4K |
| OR | $21.7M | 40.0K | 263 | $82.7K |
| MS | $21.3M | 45.1K | 235 | $90.5K |
| WI | $20.7M | 383.2K | 312 | $66.4K |
| KY | $20.7M | 508.2K | 308 | $67.1K |
| KS | $20.3M | 46.8K | 302 | $67.4K |
| LA | $19.2M | 38.1K | 210 | $91.3K |
| AR | $18.8M | 43.3K | 208 | $90.5K |
| AL | $18.4M | 261.1K | 283 | $65.2K |
Last Updated: February 2026 (data through 2023, the latest CMS release)
Note: All data is from publicly available Medicare records. OpenMedicare is an independent journalism project not affiliated with CMS.