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Procedure price report · Other therapeutic procedures on eyelids, conjunctiva, cornea

Removal of a corneal growth other than pterygium

CPT 65400the billing code this page is about

Surgical removal of a lesion from the clear front surface of the eye by shaving away part of its layers; does not cover removal of a pterygium.

Hospitals typically charge $1,638 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 440 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,778. Most fall between $885 and $3,194 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
440
States
47
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 440 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$597$977$1,638$2,890$4,006

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($597 vs $4,006).

How the prices are spread

$473 – $591: 21 hospitals$473$591 – $738: 25 hospitals$738 – $921: 25 hospitals$738$921 – $1,151: 62 hospitals$1,151 – $1,438: 42 hospitals$1,151$1,438 – $1,796: 46 hospitals$1,796 – $2,243: 45 hospitals$1,796$2,243 – $2,802: 38 hospitals$2,802 – $3,500: 31 hospitals$2,802$3,500 – $4,372: 64 hospitals$3,500median $1,638price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (399 of 440 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$473$59121
$591$73825
$738$92125
$921$1,15162
$1,151$1,43842
$1,438$1,79646
$1,796$2,24345
$2,243$2,80238
$2,802$3,50031
$3,500$4,37264

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$1,018
Median cash price$1,638
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.61×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,638.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $2,479 across 15 hospitalsMN$2,479Illinois: median $1,306 across 23 hospitalsIL$1,306Wisconsin: median $3,768 across 27 hospitalsWI$3,768Michigan: median $1,522 across 21 hospitalsMI$1,522New York: median $1,146 across 29 hospitalsNY$1,146Massachusetts: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,695 across 15 hospitalsIA$1,695Indiana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: median $2,890 across 16 hospitalsOH$2,890Pennsylvania: median $1,057 across 22 hospitalsPA$1,057New Jersey: median $3,786 across 25 hospitalsNJ$3,786Connecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $3,769 across 32 hospitalsCA$3,769Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $640 across 13 hospitalsWV$640Virginia: median $1,905 across 12 hospitalsVA$1,905Maryland: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $977 across 12 hospitalsOK$977Louisiana: median $1,334 across 17 hospitalsLA$1,334Mississippi: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $2,943 across 16 hospitalsGA$2,943Hawaii: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $2,601 across 24 hospitalsTX$2,601Florida: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,638. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ25$3,786+131%$1,072 – $5,419
California CA32$3,769+130%$827 – $3,769
Wisconsin WI27$3,768+130%$1,620 – $4,372
Georgia GA16$2,943+80%$2,943 – $3,920
Ohio OH16$2,890+76%$1,508 – $3,114
Texas TX24$2,601+59%$1,595 – $3,553
Minnesota MN15$2,479+51%$931 – $2,674
Virginia VA12$1,905+16%$597 – $1,905
Iowa IA15$1,695+4%$1,695 – $1,695
Michigan MI21$1,522−7%$1,293 – $4,186
Louisiana LA17$1,334−19%$901 – $1,557
Illinois IL23$1,306−20%$560 – $2,540
New York NY29$1,146−30%$1,057 – $2,396
Pennsylvania PA22$1,057−35%$195 – $1,562
Oklahoma OK12$977−40%$977 – $977
West Virginia WV13$640−61%$571 – $2,459
Idaho ID8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $1,638.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care367$1,695$958 – $3,439
Children’s7fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access66$1,409$688 – $2,674
Ownership
For-profit43$2,025$693 – $3,194
Government56$1,223$967 – $2,154
Non-profit341$1,695$914 – $3,553
System affiliation
Part of a system371$1,695$857 – $3,553
Independent69$1,377$1,017 – $2,101

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,773
Median cash price$1,638
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

276 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,843 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,942; most fall between $841 and $3,553.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 276 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$560$977$1,843$2,943$3,920

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($560 vs $3,920).

Of the 289 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 276 gave a usable cash price; 7 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 6 a list price only.

How complete is this

440 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (11%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 472 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted440
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here22
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded8
Hospitals that filed this code472

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other therapeutic procedures on eyelids, conjunctiva, cornea family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as PR Excis Cornea Lesn.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Removal of a corneal growth other than pterygium (CPT 65400) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-65400-removal-of-a-corneal-growth-other-than-pterygium