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Close-Up Photographs Of The Eye's Surface

Alabama rates for HCPCS 92285

Detailed photographs are taken of the surface of the eye or eyelids to document a specific finding, such as a growth, injury, or area of concern, so it can be tracked and compared over future visits. A clinician reviews the images and writes a report describing what they show.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Close-Up Photographs Of The Eye's Surface cost?

$22.91

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $22.91 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $22.91 from a physician practice, and about $93.33 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 5 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$22.91$20.42 to $27.54
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$93.33$83.18 to $105

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $93 · 10th to 90th $72 to $126Professionalmedian $23 · 10th to 90th $18 to $42
$10$20$50$100$200facility $93professional $23

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
$17.78
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$5.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$13.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$32.36
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.38
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$125.89
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$52.48
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$7.24
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$45.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$11.75
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$52.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$57.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$51.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$12.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$38.02

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in Alaska than in Mississippi. 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.

Alabama· 50th of 51

$22.91

AK $52.48MS $22.91

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.