Cataract Cost in United Arab Emirates

The cost of cataract surgery in the UAE typically ranges from $2,000 to $6,000 USD, depending on the hospital, city, and type of procedure.

Cataract surgery replaces the cloudy natural lens with an artificial one, usually by phacoemulsification. In the UAE, the price depends on:

• Lens type: monofocal, toric or multifocal.
• Laser assistance
• Anaesthesia: usually local.
• Follow-up

Eye surgery in the UAE is usually priced per eye. Check whether a quote covers one or both eyes.

Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust describes removal of the lens through a small wound under local anaesthetic as a day case.

The risk of losing sight or the eye is under 0.03%. Swelling at the back of the eye affects 1 to 5%, and clouding behind the new lens develops in 5 to 30% within five years, treated with laser. Capsule rupture, infection and retinal detachment are possible; a good result cannot be promised in every case.

Coverage depends on the plan's terms; ask whether the lens itself is included in a quote.