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Procedure price report · Corneal transplant

Full-thickness corneal transplant, natural lens present

CPT 65730the billing code this page is about

Transplant replacing the full thickness of the cornea with donor tissue, in an eye that still has its own lens.

Hospitals typically charge $5,168 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 311 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $5,427. Most fall between $2,252 and $9,188 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
311
States
46
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 23, 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 311 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
$1,543$2,789$5,168$7,831$11,926

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,543 vs $11,926).

How the prices are spread

$1,293 – $1,697: 18 hospitals$1,293$1,697 – $2,228: 25 hospitals$2,228 – $2,926: 22 hospitals$2,228$2,926 – $3,841: 28 hospitals$3,841 – $5,042: 42 hospitals$3,841$5,042 – $6,619: 58 hospitals$6,619 – $8,690: 36 hospitals$6,619$8,690 – $11,408: 35 hospitals$11,408 – $14,977: 2 hospitals$11,408$14,977 – $19,662: 20 hospitals$14,977median $5,168price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (286 of 311 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$1,293$1,69718
$1,697$2,22825
$2,228$2,92622
$2,926$3,84128
$3,841$5,04242
$5,042$6,61958
$6,619$8,69036
$8,690$11,40835
$11,408$14,9772
$14,977$19,66220

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$4,223
Median cash price$5,168
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.22×

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 $5,168.

Alaska: 1 hospital 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: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $2,144 across 12 hospitalsIL$2,144Wisconsin: median $7,831 across 20 hospitalsWI$7,831Michigan: median $5,684 across 10 hospitalsMI$5,684New York: median $5,160 across 36 hospitalsNY$5,160Massachusetts: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $3,091 across 14 hospitalsIA$3,091Indiana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOHPennsylvania: median $5,963 across 10 hospitalsPA$5,963New Jersey: median $4,627 across 22 hospitalsNJ$4,627Connecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $19,662 across 36 hospitalsCA$19,662Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $1,243 across 10 hospitalsWV$1,243Virginia: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 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: 2 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: 2 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 $2,029 across 12 hospitalsOK$2,029Louisiana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $6,186 across 21 hospitalsTX$6,186Florida: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $5,168. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA36$19,662+280%$5,912 – $19,662
Wisconsin WI20$7,831+52%$6,561 – $7,831
Texas TX21$6,186+20%$6,186 – $6,186
Pennsylvania PA10$5,963+15%$2,674 – $7,581
Michigan MI10$5,684+10%$1,866 – $7,831
New York NY36$5,1600%$4,760 – $9,188
New Jersey NJ22$4,627−10%$4,397 – $5,419
Iowa IA14$3,091−40%$3,091 – $3,091
Illinois IL12$2,144−59%$1,526 – $5,781
Oklahoma OK12$2,029−61%$2,029 – $2,029
West Virginia WV10$1,243−76%$1,170 – $7,309
Louisiana LA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Ohio OH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not 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 $5,168.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care265$5,168$2,512 – $9,188
Children’s5fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access41$6,186$1,526 – $7,831
Ownership
For-profit28$6,186$1,526 – $10,329
Government34$3,739$2,216 – $6,722
Non-profit249$5,684$2,436 – $9,188
System affiliation
Part of a system265$5,456$2,252 – $9,188
Independent46$4,038$2,144 – $9,698

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$9,279
Median cash price$5,168
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

180 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $5,164 and the average of the middle 60% is $4,765; most fall between $2,029 and $8,473.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 180 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
$1,526$2,252$5,164$7,831$19,662

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 13× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,526 vs $19,662).

Of the 197 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 180 gave a usable cash price; 13 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 4 a list price only.

How complete is this

311 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (8%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 343 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted311
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here21
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded3
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded8
Hospitals that filed this code343

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 23, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 23, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Corneal transplant family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Keratoplasty Pentrg Except Aphakia/Pseudophakia.

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, “Full-thickness corneal transplant, natural lens present (CPT 65730) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-65730-full-thickness-corneal-transplant-natural-lens-present