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Opening The Eye Socket To Explore Behind The Eye

Alabama rates for HCPCS 67450

Opens the eye socket through an incision at the side of the eye, temporarily lifting out a window of the bony wall so the space behind the eyeball can be examined directly. A sample of tissue may be taken during the same operation if something abnormal is found. The bone is put back in place at the end.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Opening The Eye Socket To Explore Behind The Eye cost?

$5,369

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,369 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,738 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,631 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$1,738$1,380 to $2,630
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,631$1,549 to $6,761

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $1,096 to $8,511Professionalmedian $1,738 · 10th to 90th $1,230 to $3,020
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,631professional $1,738

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
$954.99
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$3,162.28
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,165.95
Median
$7,413.10
Typical High
$9,772.37
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$1,659.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$5,370.32
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,659.59

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 5.5 times more in Wyoming 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· 35th of 50

$5,369

$1,738 physician + $3,631 facility

WY $15,887WV $2,894

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.