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Close-Up Photographs Of The Eye's Surface

Colorado 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?

$26.30

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26.30 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $25.70 from a physician practice, and about $33.88 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 7 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$25.70$21.88 to $31.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$33.88$25.70 to $51.29

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $34 · 10th to 90th $21 to $63Professionalmedian $26 · 10th to 90th $19 to $52
$20$50$100facility $34professional $26

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$3.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$10.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$16.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$29.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$48.98
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$8.32
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$61.66
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$42.66
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$6.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$14.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$48.98
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$63.10
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$125.89
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$31.62
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$95.50
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$52.48
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$6.31
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$48.98
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$5.89
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$42.66
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.37
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$54.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$13.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$44.67

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 41st of 51

$26.30

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.