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Ultrasound To Locate A Foreign Object In The Eye

Alabama 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?

$81.28

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $81.28 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $81.28 from a physician practice, and about $93.33 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 4 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$81.28$70.79 to $107
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$93.33$75.86 to $115

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $93 · 10th to 90th $66 to $141Professionalmedian $81 · 10th to 90th $56 to $107
$20$50$100$200facility $93professional $81

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
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$107.15
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$125.89
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$218.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$162.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$123.03

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 38th of 51

$81.28

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.