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Corneal Surface Sample For Infection Testing

North Dakota 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?

$195

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $195 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $200 from a physician practice, and about $117 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 5 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$200$117 to $245
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$117$102 to $123

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $117 · 10th to 90th $102 to $1,820Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $102 to $269
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $117professional $200

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
$102.33
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$123.03
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$316.23
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$263.03
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$2,187.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$275.42

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota· 6th of 51

$195

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.