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Stitching A Tear In The Eye's Surface Membrane

Texas rates for HCPCS 65270

Closes a tear in the conjunctiva, the thin see-through membrane covering the white of the eye, using fine stitches placed directly across the tear. A shallow cut in the white of the eye itself may be closed at the same time, provided it does not go all the way through the eye wall.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Stitching A Tear In The Eye's Surface Membrane cost?

$2,630

Typical facility fee. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,630 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,000 to $4,365.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $295 to $6,918
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,630

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$6,918.31
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$5,888.44
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,318.26
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$28,840.32
Typical High
$28,840.32
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$426.58
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,244.36

Where Texas sits

The same service costs 24.0 times more in Indiana than in North Dakota. 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.

Texas· 26th of 50

$2,630

IN $6,761ND $282

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.