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Harvesting Eye Membrane Tissue From A Living Donor

Iowa 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?

$933

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $933 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $708 from a physician practice, and about $4,365 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 7 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$708$427 to $1,023
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$4,365$2,951 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,365 · 10th to 90th $708 to $7,413Professionalmedian $708 · 10th to 90th $389 to $2,692
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,365professional $708

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
$812.83
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,202.26
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$7,079.46
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$3,090.30
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,318.26
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$812.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$1,174.90
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$870.96

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 11th of 51

$933

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.