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Eye Surface Reconstruction Using Donor Stem Cells

South Carolina 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 July 2026.

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

$1,660

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,660 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,660 from a physician practice, and about $10,965 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$1,660$1,380 to $1,660
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$10,965$3,631 to $16,596

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10,965 · 10th to 90th $1,660 to $21,878Professionalmedian $1,660 · 10th to 90th $1,259 to $2,138
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $10,965professional $1,660

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
$1,659.59
Median
$12,022.64
Typical High
$22,908.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,011.87
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$16,595.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,511.89
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$2,511.89
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$16,595.87
Typical High
$25,703.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$2,238.72

Where South Carolina sits

The same service costs 5.2 times more in California than in West Virginia. 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.

South Carolina· 41st of 51

$1,660

CA $7,413WV $1,413

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.