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Harvesting Eye Membrane Tissue From A Living Donor

Maryland 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?

$525

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $525 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $427 to $525.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $427 to $4,898Professionalmedian $525 · 10th to 90th $380 to $562
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,000professional $525

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$724.44
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$602.56
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$851.14
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$575.44

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 42nd of 51

$525

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.