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Ultrasound To Locate A Foreign Object In The Eye

Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $81.28 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $77.62 from a physician practice, and about $166 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 9 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$77.62$70.79 to $87.10
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$166$97.72 to $269

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $166 · 10th to 90th $81 to $331Professionalmedian $78 · 10th to 90th $60 to $129
$100$200$500facility $166professional $78

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
$85.11
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$97.72
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$77,624.71
Capital Blue Cross
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$158.49
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$147.91
Geisinger
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$870.96
Geisinger
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$154.88
Martin's Point
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$288.40
Martin's Point
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$154.88
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$331.13
UPMC Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$89.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$158.49

Where Pennsylvania 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.

Pennsylvania· 41st 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.