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Procedure | Price Range | |
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Cataract Eye Surgery Cost Average | $900 - $2,475 | Free Quote |
Facility | City | Type |
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Crystal Outpatient Surgery Center Lake Jackson | Houston | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Tops Surgical Specialty Hospital | Houston | Acute Care Hospital |
Kingwood Specialty Hospital | Kingwood | Acute Care Hospital |
Memorial Hermann Surgery Center Northwest | Houston | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Medsource | Missouri City | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
AAI - Advanced In Healthcare | Houston | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Summit Ambulatory Surgery Center | Houston | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Mann Catara CT Surgery Center | Houston | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Cypresswood Surgery Center | Houston | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Saint Joseph Medical Center | Houston | Acute Care Hospital |
West Houston Surgicare | Houston | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Methodist Sugar Land Hospital | Sugar Land | Acute Care Hospital |
First Surgical Memorial Village | Houston | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Saint Luke's Episcopal Hospital | Houston | Acute Care Hospital |
East Houston Surgery Center | Houston | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Methodist Willowbrook Hospital | Houston | Acute Care Hospital |
Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital | Houston | Acute Care Hospital |
Nw Surgery Center | Houston | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Chimney Rock Surgical Center | Houston | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Kingsland Surgery Center | Katy | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Winnie Community Hospital | Winnie | Critical Access (Rural) Hospital |
Pearland Premier Surgery Center | Pearland | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Medical Complex Surgery Center | Tomball | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Memorial Hermann Katy Hospital | Katy | Acute Care Hospital |
Town Park Surgery Center | Houston | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Brazosport Eye Institute | Lake Jackson | Eye Surgery Center |
Medcenter Ambulatory Surgery | Houston | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Meah ASC Management | Lake Jackson | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Athletic Orthopedic and Knee Center | Houston | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Ferndale Surgical Center | Houston | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Bayside Community Hospital | Anahuac | Critical Access (Rural) Hospital |
Spring Surgical Center | Spring | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Bay Area Surgicare Center | Webster | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Keystone Outpatient Services | The Woodlands | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Memorial Hermann Surgery Center Katy | Katy | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Baylor College of Medicine Ambulatory Surgery Center | Houston | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Houston Surgery Center | Houston | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Cy Fair Surgery Center | Houston | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
St Michaels Center for Special Surgery | Houston | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Katy St. Catherine Surgery Center | Katy | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
The Palladium for Surgery | Houston | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
West Houston Medical Center | Houston | Acute Care Hospital |
Memorial Hermann Surgery Center, Pearland | Pearland | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Fannin Surgicare | Houston | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Christus Saint Catherine Hospital | Katy | Acute Care Hospital |
Sugar Land Surgery Center | Sugar Land | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Heights Surgey Center | Houston | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Mainland Medical Center | Texas City | Acute Care Hospital |
Doctors' Surgical Center | Houston | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
First Surgical Woodlands | Conroe | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Bellville General Hospital | Bellville | Acute Care Hospital |
Houston Northwest Medical Center | Houston | Acute Care Hospital |
Memorial Hermann Surgery Center Main Street | Houston | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Caplan Surgery Center | Houston | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Cypress Fairbanks Medical Center Hospital | Houston | Acute Care Hospital |
Acps-the Surgicentre | Houston | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
United Surgery Center-SE | Houston | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Brazoria County Surgery Center | Angleton | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Bayside Surgery Center | Pasadena | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Piney Point Surgical Center | Houston | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Sweeny Community Hospital | Sweeny | Critical Access (Rural) Hospital |
River Oaks Campus - ASC | Houston | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Doctors Outpatient Surgicenter | Pasadena | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Angleton Danbury Medical Center | Angleton | Acute Care Hospital |
Ben Taub General Hospital | Houston | Acute Care Hospital |
Sweewater Surgery Center | Sugar Land | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
The University of Texas Medical Branch | Galveston | Acute Care Hospital |
Fannin Day Surgery Center | Houston | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Sterling Ridge Surgery Center | The Woodlands | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Tomball Regional Medical Center | Tomball | Acute Care Hospital |
Yeung Institute Surgery Center | Houston | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
The Surgery Center of the Woodlands | The Woodlands | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Willowbrook Ambulatory Surgery Center | Houston | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Kelsey-seybold ASC | Houston | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Eastside Surgery Center | Houston | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Park Plaza Hospital | Houston | Acute Care Hospital |
Town and Country Hospital | Houston | Acute Care Hospital |
Memorial Hermann Memorial City Hospital | Houston | Acute Care Hospital |
Memorial Hermann Surgery Center the Woodlands | The Woodlands | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Spring Creek Surgery Center | Tomball | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital | Baytown | Acute Care Hospital |
The Methodist Hospital | Houston | Acute Care Hospital |
Foundation Surgical Hospital | Bellaire | Acute Care Hospital |
Gramercy Outpatient Surgery | Houston | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Northwest Surgery Center | Houston | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Foundation Surgery Center of Dickinson | Dickinson | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Brazosport Regional Health System | Lake Jackson | Acute Care Hospital |
Bayshore Medical Center | Pasadena | Acute Care Hospital |
Mid Town Surgical Center | Houston | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Bayshore Surgery Center | Pasadena | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
First Street Surgical Center | Bellaire | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
North Houston Endoscopy and Surgery | Houston | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Surgicenter for Advanced Surgery | Houston | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center | Houston | Acute Care Hospital |
Oakbend Medical Center | Richmond | Acute Care Hospital |
Memorial Hermann Surgery Center Sugar Land | Sugar Land | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Nassau Bay Surgery Center | Houston | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Liberty-dayton Community Hospital | Liberty | Critical Access (Rural) Hospital |
Memorial Hermann Hospital - Texas Medical Center | Houston | Acute Care Hospital |
Christus Saint John Hospital | Nassau Bay | Acute Care Hospital |
Hospital for Specialized Surgery | Houston | Acute Care Hospital |
Memorial Hermann Surgery Center Park Ten | Houston | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Houston Physicians Hospital | Webster | Acute Care Hospital |
Conroe Surgery Center 2 | Conroe | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Riverside General Hospital | Houston | Acute Care Hospital |
Kirby Surgical Center | Houston | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Renaissance Surgical Center | Humble | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Brae Valley ASC | Houston | Ambulatory Surgical Center |
Memorial Hermann the Woodlands Hospital | The Woodlands | Acute Care Hospital |
Cataract Surgery Introduction
Cataract surgery is one of the most common operations performed on an outpatient basis and one of the safest and most effective. Surgery involves removing the cloudy lens and replacing it with a substitute lens. If cataracts are present in both eyes, they cannot be removed at the same time. Your physician will need to perform surgery on each eye separately. This procedure is usually performed in less than 30 minutes and usually requires only minimal sedation and numbing eye drops, no stitches to close the wound, and no eye patch after surgery. There are no medications, dietary supplements, exercises, or optical devices that have been shown to prevent or cure symptomatic cataracts. Changes in diet and watchful waiting is the most common advice for non-symptomatic cataracts. There are two major types of ECCE: manual expression, in which the lens is removed through an incision made in the cornea or the sclera of the eye; and phacoemulsification, in which the lens is broken into fragments inside the capsule by ultrasound energy and removed by aspiration. The particular method and type of replacement lens will be determined by your physician.
Cataract Surgery Patient Preparation
A brief physical exam will be performed. Inform your physician of any medications you are routinely taking. You will need to have special testing known as keratometry to determine the strength of the IOL needed. Other specific instructions will be provided usually limiting eating or drinking. It is very important to follow these instructions. Arrangements should be made for transportation after the surgery is complete.
What to expect during and after Cataract Surgery
Most cataract surgery takes less than an hour and is done with minimal anesthesia and numbing drops. After the area around the eye has been cleansed with antiseptic, sterile drops are used to cover most of the patient's face. The patient is given either a local anesthetic to numb the tissues around the eye or a topical anesthetic to numb the eye itself. An eyelid holder is used to hold the eye open during the procedure. If the patient is very nervous, the doctor may administer a sedative intravenously. After the anesthetic has taken effect, a very small incision is made, the lens is removed and the IOL is inserted and placed in the correct position. During this time you may notice the sensation of pressure from the various instruments used during the procedure.
After leaving the operating room, you will be brought to a recovery room where your doctor will prescribe several eye drops that you will need to take for a few weeks postoperatively and provide specific care instructions. While you may notice some discomfort, most patients do not experience significant pain following surgery; if you do you experience decreasing vision or significant pain, you should contact your ophthalmologist immediately. In some cases, within months to years after surgery, the thin lens capsule may become cloudy, and you may have the sensation that the cataract is returning because your vision is becoming blurry again. This process is termed posterior capsule opacification, or a "secondary cataract." To restore vision, a laser is used in the office to painlessly create a hole in the cloudy bag. This procedure takes only a few minutes in the office, and vision usually improves rapidly. The lens prescription should be checked after surgery, as it is likely to need adjustment.
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