Cataract surgery clinicians in Massachusetts
CMS lists 402 clinicians with a primary specialty of Ophthalmology who have billed Medicare for at least one cataract surgery and practice in Massachusetts, across 97 cities (details below).
Cities
# of clinicians performing cataract surgery
- Andover 8
- Arlington 7
- Athol 2
- Attleboro 3
- Ayer 1
- Boston 150
- Brighton 3
- Brockton 14
- Brookline 10
- Burlington 16
- Cambridge 4
- Canton 1
- Charlton 1
- Chelmsford 8
- Chelsea 1
- Chestnut Hill 8
- Concord 8
- Danvers 1
- Dartmouth 8
- Dedham 13
- Dorchester 1
- East Boston 1
- East Wareham 1
- East Weymouth 1
- Fall River 12
- Falmouth 1
- Florence 5
- Foxborough 1
- Framingham 3
- Franklin 2
- Garder City 1
- Gloucester 1
- Great Barrington 1
- Greenfield 2
- Hingham 1
- Holyoke 1
- Hyannis 1
- Lancaster 3
- Lawrence 7
- Leominster 6
- Lexington 19
- Lowell 4
- Malden 2
- Manchester 4
- Marblehead 2
- Marlborough 3
- Medford 1
- Methuen 1
- Middleboro 2
- Milford 2
- Nantucket 1
- Natick 2
- Needham 13
- Newburyport 1
- Norfolk 1
- North Adams 3
- North Andover 5
- North Dartmouth 6
- North Easton 1
- Norwood 5
- Oak Bluffs 1
- Palmer 1
- Peabody 20
- Pittsfield 8
- Plainville 2
- Plymouth 12
- Quincy 11
- Raynham 1
- Reading 5
- Revere 1
- Roslindale 2
- Salem 5
- Sandwich 2
- Shrewsbury 2
- Somerville 7
- South Boston 1
- South Easton 5
- South Hadley 1
- South Weymouth 1
- Southbridge 2
- Springfield 12
- Stoneham 7
- Sudbury 2
- Swansea 2
- Taunton 7
- Wakefield 7
- Waltham 10
- Wellesley 13
- West Springfield 7
- West Yarmouth 4
- Westborough 1
- Westfield 1
- Westford 2
- Weymouth 1
- Winchester 4
- Woburn 1
- Worcester 31
A clinician who practices in more than one city is counted in each city.
Understanding CMS Data
CMS's "Cataract surgery" category combines specific billing codes for cataract surgery to calculate the number of times each clinician billed Medicare for a "Cataract surgery." These include lens replacement surgery and YAG laser capsulotomy, a laser treatment that can follow cataract surgery. CMS reports only procedures that clinicians billed to Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage. Therefore, CMS's procedure volume data does not include procedures that clinicians may have performed on patients who have other health care coverage (e.g., commercial insurance, self-pay, or the VA). Billing variation and coding errors can also affect CMS's data. Therefore, the number of procedures that CMS reports for a clinician may be higher or lower than the actual number of cataract surgeries a clinician performed during the reporting period. Lastly, only clinicians with a primary specialty of Ophthalmology (as reported to Medicare) are presented.
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (August 18, 2026 release).