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Amniotic Membrane Placement on Eye, No Stitches

Tennessee rates for HCPCS 65778

A thin membrane derived from placental tissue is placed directly on the surface of the eye to promote healing, without using sutures to hold it in place. It's used to help treat certain eye surface conditions such as persistent corneal defects or severe irritation.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Amniotic Membrane Placement on Eye, No Stitches cost?

$1,318

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,318 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,175 from a physician practice, and about $2,188 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 5 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$1,175$70.79 to $1,698
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,188$1,349 to $2,818

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $575 to $4,074Professionalmedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $51 to $2,042
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,188professional $1,175

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
$467.74
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$4,073.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$3,548.13
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$2,041.74
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$3,890.45
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8,912.51
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$10,715.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$2,238.72

Where Tennessee sits

The same service costs 17.4 times more in Colorado than in Maine. 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.

Tennessee· 17th of 51

$1,318

CO $1,549ME $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.