YAG laser capsulotomy (eye) Cost in Denver, CO

Prices at 3 hospitals in Denver, CO, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $415 — 56% below the US median ($940), roughly 1.2× the Medicare rate.

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Hospital	Location	Cash	Insurer	CMS rating	ER wait	Readmit
Denver Health & Hospital Authority	Denver, CO	$415	$762	★ 3/5	208 min	—

CMS rating = overall hospital star rating (1–5); ER wait = median minutes in the emergency department; Readmit = 30-day readmission rate (lower is better) — all from Medicare’s Care Compare; “—” = not reported. Data last updated October 2026. Prices from hospitals’ machine-readable files (45 CFR §180); Medicare benchmark from CMS PFS/CLFS/IPPS. Prices below 15% of the median are excluded as likely partial or mis-coded charges. Estimates — confirm with the hospital. Report an incorrect price.

Price comparison (median)

Chargemaster (list price)

$1,186

Cash / self-pay

$415

Insurer-negotiated

$2,716

Medicare pays

$335

Is this a fair price?

1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $415 — about 1.2× the Medicare rate ($335). Reasonable. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($671).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $1,186 list price could save about $771 (65%).

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Doctors who perform this in Denver

Clinicians who reported the most Medicare volume for this service locally. This reflects Original Medicare activity only and is a volume signal, not a quality ranking.

Clinician	Specialty	Location	Medicare services
Eva Kim, MD	Ophthalmology	Denver, CO	121
Matthew Kruger, MD	Ophthalmology	Denver, CO	120
Jason Wang, MD	Ophthalmology	Denver, CO	103
Cristos Ifantides, M.D.	Ophthalmology	Denver, CO	101
Howard Amiel, M.D., M.S.	Ophthalmology	Denver, CO	68
Jason Jacobs, MD	Ophthalmology	Denver, CO	57
James Patterson, M.D.	Ophthalmology	Denver, CO	57
Amy Kelmenson, MD	Ophthalmology	Denver, CO	51
Justin Coco, D.O.	Ophthalmology	Denver, CO	50
Gary Belen, M.D.	Ophthalmology	Denver, CO	43
Kingsley Okafor, M.D.	Ophthalmology	Denver, CO	40
Garett Frank, M.D.	Ophthalmology	Denver, CO	36

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