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Dark Adaptation Eye Test

Virginia 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 July 2026.

How much does Dark Adaptation Eye Test cost?

$52.48

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $52.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $53.70 from a physician practice, and about $22.39 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 8 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$53.70$45.71 to $63.10
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$22.39$16.98 to $37.15

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $22 · 10th to 90th $14 to $74Professionalmedian $54 · 10th to 90th $30 to $76
$20$50$100$200facility $22professional $54

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
$38.90
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$74.13
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$79.43
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$117.49
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$31.62
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$112.20
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$45.71
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$138.04
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$109.65
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$31.62
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$35.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$100.00

Where Virginia sits

The same service costs 1.7 times more in Alaska than in South Dakota. 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.

Virginia· 40th of 51

$52.48

AK $72.44SD $42.66

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.