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Harvesting Eye Membrane Tissue From A Living Donor

Alabama rates for HCPCS 68371

Removal of a small piece of the thin clear membrane covering the white of the eye from a living donor, so that it can be grafted onto another person's eye. It covers the donor's side of the procedure; preparing and attaching the graft to the person receiving it is separate work.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Harvesting Eye Membrane Tissue From A Living Donor cost?

$794

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $794 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $513 from a physician practice, and about $2,042 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$513$417 to $794
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,042$1,259 to $2,630

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,042 · 10th to 90th $776 to $3,548Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $380 to $871
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,042professional $513

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
$758.58
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$870.96
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,951.21
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$549.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,365.16
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$512.86

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 9.5 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.

Alabama· 16th of 51

$794

CA $4,169WV $437

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.