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Close-Up Photographs Of The Eye's Surface

Kentucky 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?

$29.51

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $29.51 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $30.20 from a physician practice, and about $22.91 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$30.20$21.88 to $39.81
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$22.91$15.14 to $26.92

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $3 to $37Professionalmedian $30 · 10th to 90th $18 to $85
$5$10$20$50$100facility $23professional $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
$18.20
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$3.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$15.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$39.81
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$25.12
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$2.57
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.05
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$75.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$17.38
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$114.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$61.66
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$28.84
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$27.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$0.76
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$5.01
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$51.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$100.00
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$40.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$54.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$4.17
Typical High
$13.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$39.81

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 31st of 51

$29.51

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.