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Cutting Scar Bands Behind the Cornea

Nebraska rates for HCPCS 65880

Divides strands of scar tissue that have formed between the jelly filling the eye and the back surface of the cornea, the clear window at the front. Those bands tug on the cornea and the structures around it, distorting the eye and clouding sight. Fine instruments are introduced through a small incision to cut them free.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Cutting Scar Bands Behind the Cornea cost?

$5,016

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,016 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,549 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,467 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,549$1,318 to $3,020
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,467$1,622 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $10,233Professionalmedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $955 to $5,012
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,467professional $1,549

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
$5,011.87
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$19,952.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$616.60
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,288.25
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$7,943.28
Typical High
$16,218.10
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,467.37
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,890.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,949.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$11,748.98
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$5,011.87
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,548.82
Midlands
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,073.80
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,862.09

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 4.1 times more in Alaska than in Montana. 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

Nebraska· 10th of 51

$5,016

$1,549 physician + $3,467 facility

AK $8,187MT $1,977

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.