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Close-Up Photographs Of The Eye's Surface

Washington, DC 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?

$30.90

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $30.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $29.51 from a physician practice, and about $110 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$29.51$25.70 to $46.77
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$110$30.90 to $110

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $110 · 10th to 90th $31 to $135Professionalmedian $30 · 10th to 90th $15 to $105
$10$20$50$100$200facility $110professional $30

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
$30.90
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$3.72
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$3.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$3.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$15.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$204.17
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$3.89
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$25.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$12.02
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$57.54
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$56.23
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$6.76
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$48.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$218.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$8.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$64.57

Where Washington, DC 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.

Washington, DC· 21st of 51

$30.90

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.