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Procedure price report · Corneal transplant

Inner-layer corneal transplant

CPT 65756the billing code this page is about

Transplant that replaces only the innermost cell layer of the cornea with donor tissue.

Hospitals typically charge $4,738 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 328 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $4,843. Most fall between $2,038 and $9,188 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
328
States
46
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 328 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
$1,399$2,130$4,738$7,058$12,680

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.1× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,399 vs $12,680).

How the prices are spread

$1,162 – $1,478: 23 hospitals$1,162$1,478 – $1,880: 8 hospitals$1,880 – $2,391: 40 hospitals$1,880$2,391 – $3,041: 32 hospitals$3,041 – $3,868: 14 hospitals$3,041$3,868 – $4,920: 55 hospitals$4,920 – $6,258: 37 hospitals$4,920$6,258 – $7,959: 29 hospitals$7,959 – $10,122: 22 hospitals$7,959$10,122 – $12,874: 39 hospitals$10,122median $4,738price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (299 of 328 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$1,162$1,47823
$1,478$1,8808
$1,880$2,39140
$2,391$3,04132
$3,041$3,86814
$3,868$4,92055
$4,920$6,25837
$6,258$7,95929
$7,959$10,12222
$10,122$12,87439

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$4,223
Median cash price$4,738
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.12×

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 $4,738.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMEVermont: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $2,009 across 12 hospitalsIL$2,009Wisconsin: median $4,782 across 27 hospitalsWI$4,782Michigan: median $1,399 across 21 hospitalsMI$1,399New York: median $4,906 across 36 hospitalsNY$4,906Massachusetts: 2 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: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $2,942 across 15 hospitalsIA$2,942Indiana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOHPennsylvania: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figurePANew Jersey: median $4,627 across 22 hospitalsNJ$4,627Connecticut: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $12,874 across 38 hospitalsCA$12,874Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $1,183 across 10 hospitalsWV$1,183Virginia: 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: 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: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,919 across 12 hospitalsOK$1,919Louisiana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $5,667 across 21 hospitalsTX$5,667Florida: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $4,738. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA38$12,874+172%$2,038 – $12,874
Texas TX21$5,667+20%$5,394 – $5,667
New York NY36$4,906+4%$4,760 – $9,188
Wisconsin WI27$4,782+1%$4,014 – $7,058
New Jersey NJ22$4,627−2%$4,397 – $5,419
Iowa IA15$2,942−38%$2,942 – $2,942
Illinois IL12$2,009−58%$880 – $5,931
Oklahoma OK12$1,919−60%$1,919 – $1,919
Michigan MI21$1,399−70%$1,399 – $5,684
West Virginia WV10$1,183−75%$1,098 – $2,344
Pennsylvania PA9not 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
Louisiana LA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Ohio OH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT1not 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 $4,738.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care279$4,760$2,038 – $9,188
Children’s4fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access45$4,014$1,183 – $7,058
Ownership
For-profit32$4,061$1,474 – $8,371
Government34$3,971$2,265 – $5,394
Non-profit262$4,760$2,038 – $9,188
System affiliation
Part of a system281$4,760$2,038 – $9,170
Independent47$3,971$2,009 – $9,192

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$5,460
Median cash price$4,738
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

184 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $4,574 and the average of the middle 60% is $4,668; most fall between $2,038 and $10,329.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 184 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
$1,642$2,038$4,574$7,058$12,874

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.8× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,642 vs $12,874).

Of the 201 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 184 gave a usable cash price; 14 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 3 a list price only.

How complete is this

328 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 357 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted328
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) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded4
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded3
Hospitals that filed this code357

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 Corneal transplant family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Keratoplasty Endothelial.

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, “Inner-layer corneal transplant (CPT 65756) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-65756-inner-layer-corneal-transplant