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Corneal Surface Scraping With Calcium Removal

Nebraska rates for HCPCS 65436

The thin outer layer of the cornea, the clear window at the front of the eye, is scraped away and a solution is applied that dissolves calcium deposits in the tissue beneath. Clearing the chalky band that has built up across the cornea improves vision and relieves the gritty, painful feeling it causes. A protective contact lens is often placed while the surface grows back.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Corneal Surface Scraping With Calcium Removal cost?

$2,231

Typical total for the visit. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,231 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $646 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,585 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$646$490 to $871
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,585$457 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $347 to $6,026Professionalmedian $646 · 10th to 90th $339 to $2,754
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,585professional $646

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
$363.08
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$11,481.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$676.08
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,162.28
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$691.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,122.02
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$3,890.45
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$2,884.03
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,122.02
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$457.09
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,148.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,023.29
6 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
$173.78
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$323.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$457.09

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 6.1 times more in Colorado than in Texas. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Nebraska· 17th of 51

$2,231

$646 physician + $1,585 facility

CO $4,822TX $790

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.