Cataract Surgery Cost in South Dakota (2026)
Below-average pricing · Regional price parity: 96.8 · SD
What Drives Pricing Here
Three factors explain most of why cataract surgery costs what it does in South Dakota.
Regional Price Parity
South Dakota's cost-of-living index sits at 96.8 — meaningfully below the national benchmark (100). This directly scales facility and staffing overhead, which flow through to every procedure price.
Specialist Availability
10 facilities perform this procedure in South Dakota — competition keeps pricing honest and gives you real leverage to shop quotes.
Vs. National Benchmark
At -3.2% below the national average ($5,000), South Dakota is a discount market. Often driven by lower overhead or less metro concentration — quality can still be excellent.
Cataract Surgery in South Dakota: What to Know
Cataract surgery in South Dakota offers quality care, with options like Avera Health in Mitchell and Yankton, and Ophthalmology LTD extending services across multiple cities including Sioux Falls, Madison, and Watertown. Rapid City Medical Center and Slingsby & Huot Eye Care Associates in Rapid City also provide advanced vision treatments, with procedures often completed as same-day outpatient care. Great Plains Eye Specialists in Rapid City even offers laser-assisted options using the VICTUS® femtosecond laser platform.
For potential savings, consider ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) over outpatient hospitals in South Dakota; ASCs typically offer significant cost reductions. Facilities like Vance Thompson Vision in Sioux Falls are known for advanced treatments. Verify current pricing directly with providers.
Estimated Cost Breakdown in South Dakota
You'll pay a bit less for cataract surgery in South Dakota compared to the national average. Here's how costs are distributed.
Facility Fee
OR time and hospital staffing
Most significant cost
Surgeon Fee
Expertise and experience level
Implants & Supplies
Post-Op Care
Recovery and aftercare
Anesthesia
Anesthesiologist or CRNA fee
Total Estimated Cost
South Dakota all-in range
Financing Options
Many South Dakota clinics partner with CareCredit or Alphaeon. A typical 24-month, 0% APR term on $4,840 looks like:
- Soft credit check — no hard pull
- Instant approval decisions
- HSA/FSA eligible for qualifying cases
Prices reflect regional cost-of-living adjustments. How we calculate these numbers →
Ranges adjusted for South Dakota's regional price parity (96.8). See the national percentage breakdown →
Facility Costs in South Dakota
Below are the top facilities performing cataract surgery in South Dakota, ranked by volume. Rates shown are negotiated amounts from CMS Medicare data.
| Facility | City | Negotiated Rate | Medicare | Volume |
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| Prairie Lakes Hospital | Watertown | $2,276 | $1,812 | 349 |
| Avera Sacred Heart Hospital | Yankton | $2,266 | $1,802 | 347 |
| Black Hills Surgical Hospital Llp | Rapid City | $2,125 | $1,692 | 278 |
| Avera St Mary's Hospital | Pierre | $2,267 | $1,803 | 205 |
| Brookings Health System | Brookings | $2,269 | $1,806 | 200 |
| Dunes Surgical Hospital | Dakota Dunes | $2,116 | $1,682 | 186 |
| Sanford Usd Medical Center | Sioux Falls | $2,125 | $1,693 | 119 |
| Monument Health Spearfish Hospital | Spearfish | $2,276 | $1,811 | 59 |
| Sanford Usd Medical Center | Sioux Falls | $3,932 | $3,128 | 29 |
| Sioux Falls Specialty Hospital Llp | Sioux Falls | $3,932 | $3,133 | 11 |
Cataract Surgery Cost in Nearby States
Neighboring states offer a range of cataract surgery pricing. South Dakota falls in the middle of the pack.
Expert Answers for South Dakota Patients
Local regulations, insurance nuance, and surgical standards specific to South Dakota.
Compare South Dakota with any other state
See national pricing, all 50 state comparisons, and detailed cost factors in the main cataract surgery cost guide.
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How we calculate cataract surgery costs in South Dakota
Cost estimates combine procedure-specific pricing data with regional cost-of-living and provider-supply adjustments. Primary sources:
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Hospital pricing transparency files — CMS-required machine-readable data published by hospitals under the CMS Hospital Price Transparency rule (effective January 2021). Provides actual negotiated rates between hospitals and insurers.
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HCUP (Healthcare Cost & Utilization Project) — AHRQ's HCUP databases provide nationally-representative procedure cost data by state, payer, and patient demographics.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics — Healthcare Practitioner Occupational Wages — BLS OEWS data on surgeon, anesthesiologist, and surgical staff wages by state, used to model regional labor-cost differences in procedure pricing.
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BEA Regional Price Parities (RPP) — U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis state-level price-level indices, used to adjust national procedure averages for South Dakota's cost-of-living relative to the national mean.
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FAIR Health Consumer Cost Lookup — the FAIR Health database aggregates billed and allowed amounts from over 36 billion claim records, providing a check on procedure-cost ranges by ZIP code.
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Medicare Provider Utilization & Payment Data — CMS public-use files on Medicare-allowed amounts and submitted charges by HCPCS/CPT code and state, used as a baseline for procedure-cost ranges.
Estimates are illustrative and reflect typical pricing ranges; actual costs depend on insurance coverage, surgical complexity, anesthesia type, hospital vs. ambulatory setting, and individual patient factors. Always confirm pricing directly with providers and your insurance carrier. See our methodology page for full calculation details.