The cost of cataract includes the following parts: preoperative general and eye specialist examinations, microsurgery fee, material cost, cost of IOL, medicine and nursing care. Pre-operative whole body examination includes electrocardiogram, X-ray chest film, whole blood biochemistry and immunity and blood and urine routine, which costs about 600-800 RMB. Special examinations for other specialties are not included if the patient has systemic diseases. Eye specialty examinations include visual acuity examination, slit lamp examination, optometry, corneal topography, fundus examination, macular OCT examination, ophthalmic A and B ultrasound, and corneal endothelial cell count for roughly $500-600. The cost of microsurgery plus materials is about $1,500 and surgical medication is about $300. The cost of IOL implantation ranges from a few hundred dollars to tens of thousands of dollars, depending on the patient’s own choice, and general care costs about $500.