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Eye Surface Reconstruction Using Donor Stem Cells

Alabama rates for HCPCS 65781

This surgery reconstructs the surface of the eye using stem cells taken from a donor rather than from the patient's own eye. It is used to treat severe damage to the cells that normally keep the clear front surface of the eye healthy and clear, a condition that can follow chemical burns, severe infections, or other significant eye injuries. Using donor tissue allows this repair even when the patient's own eye does not have enough healthy stem cells left to use.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Eye Surface Reconstruction Using Donor Stem Cells cost?

$2,570

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,570 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,660 from a physician practice, and about $4,677 from a hospital or other facility.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,660$1,259 to $2,570
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,677$3,890 to $4,786

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,677 · 10th to 90th $1,622 to $5,129Professionalmedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $2,570
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,677professional $1,660

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
$891.25
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$2,570.40
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$4,786.30
Typical High
$4,786.30
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,621.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,621.81
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
32 · Mandated service
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$3,715.35
Typical High
$7,413.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,698.24
7 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
$912.01
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,905.46
Typical High
$1,905.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$7,079.46
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$7,079.46

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 8.3 times more in Wyoming than in Utah. 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· 9th of 51

$2,570

WY $5,623UT $676

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.