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Preparation Of Donor Cornea Tissue

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 65757

Prepares donated corneal tissue at a side table in the operating suite before it is transplanted, separating out the thin inner cell layer that will be placed inside the recipient's eye. This preparation is carried out in addition to the transplant operation itself.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Preparation Of Donor Cornea Tissue cost?

$195

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $195 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $174 from a physician practice, and about $1,318 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$174$145 to $195
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,318$407 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $145 to $3,890Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $120 to $263
$0.1$1$10$100$1Kfacility $1,318professional $174

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
$154.88
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$263.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.02
Typical High
$0.03
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$218.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$398.11

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 39.8 times more in California than in Minnesota. 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.

Louisiana· 19th of 51

$195

CA $3,548MN $89.13

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.