go back

Harvesting Eye Membrane Tissue From A Living Donor

Texas 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?

$646

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $646 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $479 from a physician practice, and about $2,754 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 9 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$479$417 to $631
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,754$1,096 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,754 · 10th to 90th $562 to $8,511Professionalmedian $479 · 10th to 90th $363 to $871
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $2,754professional $479

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
$707.95
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$6,918.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$758.58
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,318.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$758.58
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$28,840.32
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
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$724.44
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$660.69
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$302.00
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$776.25
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$616.60
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$478.63

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 27th of 51

$646

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.