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Harvesting Eye Membrane Tissue From A Living Donor

Tennessee 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?

$575

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $575 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $513 from a physician practice, and about $2,630 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 5 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$398 to $575
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,630$1,820 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $813 to $6,166Professionalmedian $513 · 10th to 90th $389 to $794
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,630professional $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
$616.60
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$4,073.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$3,981.07
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$977.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$741.31
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$28,840.32
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$3,388.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$794.33

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 34th of 51

$575

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.