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Ultrasound To Locate A Foreign Object In The Eye

Minnesota 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?

$174

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $174 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $166 from a physician practice, and about $263 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$166$107 to $229
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$263$170 to $363

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $263 · 10th to 90th $91 to $676Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $74 to $302
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $263professional $166

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
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$213.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$114.82
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$660.69
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$851.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$257.04
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$676.08
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$204.17
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$218.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$549.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$269.15

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 2nd of 51

$174

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.