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Close-Up Photographs Of The Eye's Surface

Iowa 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?

$31.62

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $31.62 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $31.62 from a physician practice, and about $74.13 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$31.62$25.70 to $41.69
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$74.13$46.77 to $132

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $74 · 10th to 90th $32 to $245Professionalmedian $32 · 10th to 90th $19 to $62
$10$20$50$100$200facility $74professional $32

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
$31.62
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$4.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$15.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$18.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$12.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$58.88
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$95.50
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$18.20
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$79.43
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$131.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$309.03
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$128.82
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$251.19
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$158.49
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$23.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$120.23
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$63.10
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.08
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$7.94
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$53.70
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$47.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$102.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$67.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$16.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$50.12
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$48.98
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$6.31
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$43.65

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 18th of 51

$31.62

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.