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Multiple Corneal Punctures For Erosion Or Tattoo

Alabama rates for HCPCS 65600

This procedure uses multiple small punctures in the clear front surface of the eye to treat recurrent corneal erosion, where the outer layer of the cornea repeatedly breaks down and fails to heal properly, or to remove a corneal tattoo. It is not a vision-correction procedure and is unrelated to incisions used to reduce nearsightedness.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Multiple Corneal Punctures For Erosion Or Tattoo cost?

$550

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $550 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $490 from a physician practice, and about $1,047 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$490$380 to $708
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,047$813 to $2,239

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,047 · 10th to 90th $692 to $3,311Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $316 to $832
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,047professional $490

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
$562.34
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$831.76
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,174.90
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$741.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$478.63

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.5 times more in Alaska than in Delaware. 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.

Alabama· 16th of 51

$550

AK $1,318DE $380

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.