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

Destruction of a growth on the eye surface membrane

CPT 68135the billing code this page is about

A lesion on the membrane covering the white of the eye or lining the lids is destroyed, for example by freezing, heat, or chemical treatment, rather than cut out.

Hospitals typically charge $1,214 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 342 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,528. Most fall between $391 and $3,269 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
342
States
45
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 342 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
$242$428$1,214$2,777$4,810

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 20× what the cheapest tenth charges ($242 vs $4,810).

How the prices are spread

$119 – $177: 12 hospitals$119$177 – $264: 19 hospitals$264 – $393: 28 hospitals$264$393 – $585: 24 hospitals$585 – $870: 22 hospitals$585$870 – $1,295: 50 hospitals$1,295 – $1,927: 35 hospitals$1,295$1,927 – $2,869: 56 hospitals$2,869 – $4,270: 22 hospitals$2,869$4,270 – $6,355: 42 hospitals$4,270median $1,214price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (310 of 342 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$119$17712
$177$26419
$264$39328
$393$58524
$585$87022
$870$1,29550
$1,295$1,92735
$1,927$2,86956
$2,869$4,27022
$4,270$6,35542

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$2,429
Median cash price$1,214
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.50×

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 $1,214.

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: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $344 across 16 hospitalsIL$344Wisconsin: median $995 across 42 hospitalsWI$995Michigan: median $3,269 across 17 hospitalsMI$3,269New York: median $2,761 across 20 hospitalsNY$2,761Massachusetts: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 1 hospital 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 $391 across 14 hospitalsIA$391Indiana: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceINOhio: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOHPennsylvania: median $1,632 across 25 hospitalsPA$1,632New Jersey: median $3,786 across 22 hospitalsNJ$3,786Connecticut: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $4,331 across 41 hospitalsCA$4,331Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 1 hospital 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: 1 hospital 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 $243 across 12 hospitalsOK$243Louisiana: median $615 across 12 hospitalsLA$615Mississippi: 6 hospitals 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 $1,570 across 21 hospitalsTX$1,570Florida: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,214. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA41$4,331+257%$1,056 – $4,810
New Jersey NJ22$3,786+212%$2,582 – $5,419
Michigan MI17$3,269+169%$995 – $8,150
New York NY20$2,761+128%$954 – $2,822
Pennsylvania PA25$1,632+34%$69 – $3,430
Texas TX21$1,570+29%$1,570 – $1,902
Wisconsin WI42$995−18%$428 – $2,212
Louisiana LA12$615−49%$467 – $832
Iowa IA14$391−68%$391 – $391
Illinois IL16$344−72%$116 – $1,919
Oklahoma OK12$243−80%$243 – $243
Idaho ID8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Ohio OH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC2not 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
Alabama AL1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR1not 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 $1,214.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care291$1,570$391 – $3,534
Children’s7fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access44$995$428 – $2,212
Ownership
For-profit29$976$169 – $3,430
Government40$1,919$298 – $2,761
Non-profit273$1,203$391 – $3,842
System affiliation
Part of a system299$1,404$391 – $3,534
Independent43$976$256 – $2,914

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,772
Median cash price$1,214
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

221 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,056 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,285; most fall between $256 and $3,204.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 221 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
$150$391$1,056$2,723$4,810

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 32× what the cheapest tenth charges ($150 vs $4,810).

Of the 233 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 221 gave a usable cash price; 9 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

342 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (9%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 363 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted342
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here16
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded4
Hospitals that filed this code363

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 Destruction Lesion Conjunctiva.

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.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Destruction of a growth on the eye surface membrane (CPT 68135) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-68135-destruction-of-a-growth-on-the-eye-surface-membrane