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Ultrasound To Locate A Foreign Object In The Eye

Alaska rates for HCPCS 76529

This imaging test uses sound waves to find and pinpoint the location of a foreign object lodged inside the eye. A small probe is used near the surface of the eye to create images of the internal structures without radiation. It helps guide a doctor toward safely removing the object.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Ultrasound To Locate A Foreign Object In The Eye cost?

$229

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $229 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $240 from a physician practice, and about $115 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$240$105 to $339
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$115$81.28 to $162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $115 · 10th to 90th $72 to $224Professionalmedian $240 · 10th to 90th $79 to $407
$100$200$500facility $115professional $240

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
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$389.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$269.15
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$213.80
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$389.05
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$478.63
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$223.87
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$436.52

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.5 times more in Alaska than in Florida. 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.

Alaska· 1st of 51

$229

AK $229FL $66.07

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.