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Dark Adaptation Eye Test

Maryland rates for HCPCS 92284

A patient sits in a darkened room while an instrument measures how quickly and how well their eyes adjust to low light over time, and the results are interpreted and documented in a report. This test can help evaluate certain retinal conditions that affect night vision.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Dark Adaptation Eye Test cost?

$47.86

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $47.86 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $31.62 to $52.48.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $48 · 10th to 90th $28 to $62
$50$100professional $48

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$61.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$14.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$56.23
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$12.59
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$12.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$42.66
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$56.23
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$21.38
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$33.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$75.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$12.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$66.07
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$34.67
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$14.13
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$12.30

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 3.3 times more in Alaska than in Ohio. 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.

Maryland· 37th of 51

$47.86

AK $110OH $33.11

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.