Cataract is a common eye disease that can cause vision loss. Cataract treatment eventually requires surgery, and the cost of treatment varies depending on the surgical method, the choice of IOL and the hospital, generally ranging from several hundred to tens of thousands of dollars.
At present, the most commonly used surgical method for cataract is cataract ultrasound emulsification combined with IOL implantation. In a first-tier city tertiary hospital, if you choose this surgical method and choose an IOL of about 3,000 yuan, the cost is about 7,000 yuan; if you choose a high-end IOL of 10,000 yuan, the cost is about 20,000 yuan. Now with the introduction of precision medicine, femtosecond laser technology has also been applied to cataract treatment. The latest surgical procedure for cataract treatment at this stage is femtosecond-assisted cataract ultrasound emulsification combined with IOL implantation, which costs about 10,000 to 20,000 yuan.
The cost of cataract treatment varies depending on the hospital in the region, and the medical insurance policy and reimbursement ratio vary from place to place. In short, the cost of cataract treatment needs to be a combination of various factors, and the approximate cost is usually around several hundred to tens of thousands of dollars.