Cataract surgery clinicians in South Carolina
CMS lists 243 clinicians with a primary specialty of Ophthalmology who have billed Medicare for at least one cataract surgery and practice in South Carolina, across 47 cities (details below).
Cities
# of clinicians performing cataract surgery
- Aiken 7
- Anderson 8
- Beaufort 2
- Bluffton 10
- Boiling Springs 6
- Camden 1
- Charleston 30
- Cheraw 2
- Clemson 3
- Clover 1
- Columbia 25
- Conway 9
- Duncan 1
- Easley 6
- Florence 7
- Fort Mill 3
- Gaffney 2
- Georgetown 4
- Goose Creek 1
- Greenville 41
- Greenwood 4
- Greer 2
- Hilton Head Island 4
- Indian Land 2
- Irmo 1
- Ladson 10
- Lancaster 4
- Leesville 2
- Lexington 14
- Little River 2
- Loris 2
- Moncks Corner 1
- Mount Pleasant 15
- Murrells Inlet 5
- Myrtle Beach 7
- North Charleston 3
- Orangeburg 4
- Port Royal 3
- Rock Hill 14
- Seneca 1
- Simpsonville 1
- Spartanburg 4
- Summerville 3
- Sumter 4
- Surfside Beach 1
- Walterboro 4
- West Columbia 8
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).