$179.5M in total Medicare payments across 2 years
Procedure 66991 (Extracapsular removal of cataract with insertion of artificial lens and insertion of drainage device in front chamber of eye) received $179.5M in total Medicare payments.
Across 117.7K services, the average Medicare payment was $1.5K per service.
AI-generated analysis based on Medicare payment data.
| Year | Payments | Services | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $89.0M | 58.9K | — |
| 2023 | $90.5M | 58.8K | +1.7% |
| # | Provider | Specialty | State | Payments | Services | Avg/Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | River Drive Surgery Center, Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | NJ | $1.2M | 404 | $3.0K |
| 2 | Specialty Surgical Center, Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | CA | $649.4K | 218 | $3.0K |
| 3 | Island Eye Surgicenter Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | NY | $628.4K | 213 | $3.0K |
| 4 | Vance Thompson Vision Surgery Center Prof Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | SD | $509.3K | 223 | $2.3K |
| 5 | Laser & Surgical Services At Center For Sight Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | FL | $507.1K | 206 | $2.5K |
| 6 | East Bay Surgery Center Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | MA | $503.4K | 194 | $2.6K |
| 7 | Freedom Vision Surgery Center Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | CA | $487.8K | 164 | $3.0K |
| 8 | Ocean County Eye Associates Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | NJ | $463.0K | 175 | $2.6K |
| 9 | Roanoke Valley Center For Sight Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | VA | $454.6K | 193 | $2.4K |
| 10 | Long Island Ambulatory Surgery Center, Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | NY | $416.7K | 142 | $2.9K |
| 11 | Sltlbk Associates, Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | PA | $412.1K | 166 | $2.5K |
| 12 | Surgical Care Center, Inc. | Ambulatory Surgical Center | IN | $403.6K | 159 | $2.5K |
| 13 | Eye Surgery Center Of North Alabama, Inc. | Ambulatory Surgical Center | AL | $397.8K | 177 | $2.2K |
| 14 | Sacramento Surgery Center Associates, L P | Ambulatory Surgical Center | CA | $388.5K | 113 | $3.4K |
| 15 | 4th Street Laser & Surgery Center Inc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | CA | $383.7K | 108 | $3.6K |
| 16 | 481 Asc Project Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | CA | $380.1K | 104 | $3.7K |
| 17 | The Eye Surgery Center Of The Carolinas Lp | Ambulatory Surgical Center | NC | $375.0K | 163 | $2.3K |
| 18 | Hancock Park Surgery Center, Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | CA | $374.3K | 126 | $3.0K |
| 19 | North Valley Surgery Center Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | CA | $372.0K | 139 | $2.7K |
| 20 | Tower Clock Surgery Center Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | WI | $368.0K | 148 | $2.5K |
| 21 | Main Line Surgery Center, Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | PA | $366.3K | 143 | $2.6K |
| 22 | Santa Barbara Outpatient Surgery Centers Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | CA | $359.4K | 113 | $3.2K |
| 23 | Bay Microsurgical Unit | Ambulatory Surgical Center | SC | $346.0K | 151 | $2.3K |
| 24 | Cape Cod Eye Surgery & Laser Center, Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | MA | $340.9K | 122 | $2.8K |
| 25 | Bergen-Passaic Cataract Laser And Surgery Center, Llc | Ambulatory Surgical Center | NJ | $339.6K | 115 | $3.0K |
| State | Payments | Services | Providers | Avg/Provider |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CA | $13.8M | 7.1K | 178 | $77.7K |
| TX | $5.5M | 3.6K | 98 | $55.7K |
| FL | $5.3M | 3.5K | 92 | $57.5K |
| PA | $4.6M | 3.2K | 69 | $67.0K |
| NJ | $4.5M | 2.2K | 54 | $82.9K |
| NY | $3.6M | 2.0K | 54 | $65.9K |
| MA | $3.3M | 2.0K | 46 | $70.7K |
| AZ | $3.2M | 2.1K | 56 | $56.9K |
| GA | $2.5M | 1.5K | 41 | $60.1K |
| WA | $2.5M | 1.7K | 39 | $63.1K |
| KS | $2.0M | 1.3K | 21 | $94.3K |
| OH | $1.9M | 1.8K | 36 | $52.8K |
| MD | $1.9M | 1.2K | 29 | $64.7K |
| IN | $1.8M | 1.3K | 23 | $79.3K |
| NC | $1.7M | 1.4K | 34 | $51.4K |
| MO | $1.7M | 1.4K | 31 | $55.5K |
| TN | $1.7M | 1.2K | 35 | $47.8K |
| VA | $1.7M | 1.1K | 27 | $61.3K |
| IL | $1.6M | 1.3K | 35 | $44.7K |
| MN | $1.6M | 1.1K | 29 | $53.9K |
| CO | $1.6M | 962 | 29 | $53.5K |
| NE | $1.5M | 1.1K | 27 | $56.4K |
| MS | $1.5M | 1.1K | 24 | $62.6K |
| WI | $1.5M | 1.2K | 28 | $53.3K |
| SC | $1.4M | 954 | 23 | $62.2K |
| MI | $1.3M | 922 | 26 | $51.2K |
| SD | $1.2M | 872 | 10 | $119.4K |
| OR | $1.1M | 678 | 24 | $47.2K |
| AL | $1.0M | 821 | 14 | $73.9K |
| ID | $968.2K | 456 | 11 | $88.0K |
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.