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Dark Adaptation Eye Test

South Carolina 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?

$51.29

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $51.29 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $50.12 from a physician practice, and about $316 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$50.12$38.90 to $60.26
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$316$178 to $389

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $316 · 10th to 90th $123 to $468Professionalmedian $50 · 10th to 90th $31 to $78
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $316professional $50

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$12.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$52.48
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$77.62
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$13.49
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$13.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$97.72
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$91.20
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$29.51
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$66.07
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$2,951.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$63.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$12.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$52.48
7 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
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$10.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$45.71
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$18.20
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$12.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$12.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$12.88

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 31st of 51

$51.29

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.