How much does cataract surgery cost?

  The total cost of cataract surgery is about $4,000 to $5,000 to $10,000 to $20,000. It varies by region and hospital and is closely related to the type of IOL used.  The cost of surgery mainly includes the cost of preoperative examination, materials, medication, surgery and IOL. The preoperative examination fee includes basic blood test, electrocardiogram, eye A/B ultrasound and special tests such as oct, IOLmaster, endothelial cell count, etc., which generally range from hundreds to one or two thousand dollars; the material fee includes surgical viscoelastic, patch, dressing, etc., and the medicine fee includes eye drops and injections used before, during and after surgery, which add up to hundreds of dollars; the surgery fee generally There are many types of IOLs, including ordinary hard lens, spherical folding lens, aspheric folding lens, astigmatic IOL, adjustable IOL, multifocal and monofocal IOL, etc. The price varies greatly, ranging from hundreds to tens of thousands of dollars. There are also some special cases of cataract, such as small pupils, dislocation of the lens, rupture of the suspensory ligament, rupture of the posterior capsule, and the nucleus falling into the vitreous cavity, which require additional material costs such as iris pulling hooks, capsular bag tension rings, polypropylene sutures, or biosurgery costs, which may increase the cost by hundreds to more than 10,000 yuan, but such cases are relatively rare.  Therefore, the cost of general cataract surgery varies from hospital to hospital, and varies roughly from $4,000 to $5,000 to $10,000 to $20,000, depending on the grade of crystal chosen by the patient.