Cataract surgery clinicians in Maryland
CMS lists 379 clinicians with a primary specialty of Ophthalmology who have billed Medicare for at least one cataract surgery and practice in Maryland, across 59 cities (details below).
Cities
# of clinicians performing cataract surgery
- Annapolis 35
- Arnold 3
- Baltimore 101
- Bel Air 4
- Belcamp 6
- Berlin 2
- Bethesda 15
- Bowie 8
- Camp Springs 1
- Charlotte Hall 6
- Chevy Chase 17
- Clinton 5
- Cockeysville 1
- Columbia 15
- Cumberland 3
- Easton 7
- Eldersburg 1
- Elkridge 4
- Elkton 3
- Ellicott City 2
- Frederick 14
- Gaithersburg 8
- Germantown 3
- Glen Burnie 6
- Glenn Dale 4
- Glyndon 2
- Greenbelt 9
- Hagerstown 13
- Halethorpe 8
- Hanover 1
- Havre de Grace 2
- Hyattsville 2
- Kensington 9
- Lanham 8
- Largo 29
- Laurel 4
- Leonardtown 2
- Linthicum Heights 1
- Lutherville 29
- Middle River 28
- Oakland 6
- Olney 4
- Owings Mills 3
- Oxon Hill 1
- Parkville 5
- Pikesville 6
- Potomac 1
- Prince Frederick 6
- Riverdale 2
- Rockville 28
- Rosedale 1
- Salisbury 14
- Severna Park 3
- Silver Spring 15
- Suitland 5
- Timonium 9
- Towson 8
- Waldorf 3
- Westminster 5
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).