Sorted by the number of cataract surgeries billed to Medicare, highest first. This is an
ordering of one published figure, not a ranking of quality, skill, or outcomes.
CMS suppresses counts of 10 and below to protect patient privacy and publishes the
range instead, which is not a count of zero; 15 of these clinicians carry that
range.
Understanding CMS Data
These figures are based on cataract surgeries billed to Original Medicare and Medicare
Advantage as reported by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in their
June 2026 data release. The CMS data doesn't include procedures performed for patients who
have other health care coverage (e.g., commercially insured, self pay, or VA). Furthermore,
CMS sums up specific billing codes that cover lens replacement surgery and YAG laser
capsulotomy to calculate the total number of cataract surgeries. Billing variation and
coding errors could potentially affect CMS's data. Therefore, the cataract surgery volume
data reported by CMS may be higher or lower than the actual total cataract surgeries
performed by a clinician. We share the total cataract surgery figures for the clinicians
CMS lists under Ophthalmology as CMS publishes them, without alteration.