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My eye colleague tells me the Medicare reimbursement for removal of foreign body with a slit lamp is $74, add in the consultation fee which includes the decision making ($120 or so), maybe some materials, and a facility fee (lights, nurse, cleaning) $200, likely they bill a little over medicare rates and $500 or so seems reasonable. That also includes a global period of 90 days or so of follow-up.

She also mentioned that some are harder to get out than others and that if she did only that procedure all day she figures she couldn't cover her overhead and would starve.