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Surgery To Explore The Eye Socket

Alabama rates for HCPCS 67400

A surgeon makes an incision near the eye, without removing any bone, to look inside the eye socket and examine the tissue around the eye, sometimes taking a small tissue sample for further testing. This is used to investigate a suspected problem behind or around the eye, such as an unexplained mass or swelling.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Surgery To Explore The Eye Socket cost?

$5,051

Typical total for the visit. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,051 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $977 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,074 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$977$933 to $1,950
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,074$2,042 to $4,074

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,074 · 10th to 90th $1,122 to $4,074Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $813 to $1,950
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $4,074professional $977

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,949.84
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,073.80
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$2,187.76
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,041.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,202.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,258.93
8 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$977.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,479.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$6,025.60
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$6,165.95
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
32 · Mandated service
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,348.96

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.4 times more in Alaska than in West Virginia. 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alabama· 13th of 51

$5,051

$977 physician + $4,074 facility

AK $8,636WV $2,535

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.