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Harvesting Eye Membrane Tissue From A Living Donor

South Dakota 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?

$708

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $708 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $708 from a physician practice, and about $871 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$437 to $955
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$871$490 to $3,090

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $871 · 10th to 90th $380 to $4,365Professionalmedian $708 · 10th to 90th $363 to $1,202
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $871professional $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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$707.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,202.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,288.25
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,000.00
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$794.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,897.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$1,148.15
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$912.01

Where South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 23rd of 51

$708

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.