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Harvesting Eye Membrane Tissue From A Living Donor

North Carolina 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?

$468

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $468 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $427 from a physician practice, and about $1,514 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 6 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$427$398 to $617
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,514$589 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $398 to $8,710Professionalmedian $427 · 10th to 90th $380 to $1,288
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,514professional $427

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
$398.11
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$1,202.26
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,288.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$954.99
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$758.58
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$436.52
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$12,882.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$870.96
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$28,840.32
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,388.44

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 47th of 51

$468

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.