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Placement Of An Eye Implant After Prior Eye Removal

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 65135

This procedure places an artificial implant into the eye socket at a later time after the eye itself was previously surgically removed. The implant helps restore volume and shape to the socket, providing a base over which a custom prosthetic eye can later be fitted. It is a secondary procedure performed sometime after the original eye-removal surgery, rather than at the same time.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Placement Of An Eye Implant After Prior Eye Removal cost?

$851

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $851 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $776 from a physician practice, and about $2,188 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$776$589 to $1,122
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,188$1,202 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $708 to $6,918Professionalmedian $776 · 10th to 90th $589 to $2,089
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,188professional $776

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,174.90
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$5,888.44
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,467.37
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,584.89
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,398.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,398.83
Typical High
$12,022.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,584.89
10 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$524.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$794.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$741.31
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$5,248.07
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$1,737.80
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,548.82
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$524.81

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 8.3 times more in Wyoming than in Utah. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

North Carolina· 40th of 51

$851

WY $4,074UT $490

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.