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Removal of Foreign Object From the Cornea

Nevada rates for HCPCS 65220

This procedure removes a foreign object, such as a piece of metal, wood, or debris, that is stuck on the clear front surface of the eye. It's done without using a slit lamp, a specialized microscope commonly used for close eye exams, relying instead on other magnification and instruments. It's a common urgent-care or emergency treatment after an eye injury.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal of Foreign Object From the Cornea cost?

$63.10

Typical negotiated rate. In Nevada, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $63.10 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $60.26 from a physician practice, and about $417 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 6 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$60.26$46.77 to $69.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$417$63.10 to $2,239

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $417 · 10th to 90th $43 to $4,467Professionalmedian $60 · 10th to 90th $41 to $195
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $417professional $60

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
$42.66
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$4,466.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$194.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$4,466.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$251.19
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$112.20
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$95.50
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$63.10
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$63.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$107.15

Where Nevada sits

The same service costs 4.4 times more in Wyoming than in Hawaii. 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.

Nevada· 37th of 51

$63.10

WY $234HI $53.70

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.