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Corneal Surface Sample For Infection Testing

Michigan rates for HCPCS 65430

This is the collection of a small sample of cells or material from the surface of the cornea, the clear front layer of the eye, to check for an infection under a microscope and in a laboratory culture. It's used when an eye infection is suspected and the specific cause needs to be identified to choose the right treatment. The sample is taken with a gentle scraping motion, typically after numbing the eye.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Corneal Surface Sample For Infection Testing cost?

$135

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $135 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $132 from a physician practice, and about $741 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$132$107 to $155
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$741$162 to $1,445

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $741 · 10th to 90th $141 to $4,898Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $87 to $200
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $741professional $132

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
$141.25
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$4,897.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$173.78
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$199.53
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$323.59
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$4,897.79
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$186.21
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$177.83

Where Michigan sits

The same service costs 3.5 times more in Wyoming than in Kentucky. 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.

Michigan· 28th of 51

$135

WY $398KY $115

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.