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Ultrasound To Locate A Foreign Object In The Eye

Montana 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?

$129

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $129 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $123 from a physician practice, and about $148 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$123$89.13 to $148
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$148$129 to $166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $148 · 10th to 90th $95 to $263Professionalmedian $123 · 10th to 90th $74 to $257
$100$1K$10K$100Kfacility $148professional $123

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$549.54
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$66,069.34
Typical High
$91,201.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$194.98
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$173.78
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$173.78
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$190.55
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$204.17
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$147.91

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 4th of 51

$129

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.