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Corneal Transplant (Inner Layer Only)

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS 65756

A surgery that replaces only the innermost layer of the cornea, the clear dome at the front of the eye, with healthy donor tissue. It is used to treat conditions where the cornea's inner cell layer has failed and become cloudy or swollen, while leaving the healthier outer layers of the eye's own cornea in place.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Corneal Transplant (Inner Layer Only) cost?

$4,462

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,462 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,950 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,512 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 10 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,950$1,318 to $3,090
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,512$1,380 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,512 · 10th to 90th $955 to $7,079Professionalmedian $1,950 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $7,586
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,512professional $1,950

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
$2,691.53
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,511.89
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$7,943.28
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,585.78
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$4,073.80
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$3,311.31
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,949.84
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$10,232.93
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,548.13
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$8,912.51
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,949.84
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$7,943.28
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$12,589.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$4,365.16
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,949.84
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$954.99
4 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
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,290.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$2,137.96
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,041.74
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$407.38

Where Massachusetts sits

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

Massachusetts· 35th of 51

$4,462

$1,950 physician + $2,512 facility

AK $10,843KY $3,092

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.