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Close-Up Photographs Of The Eye's Surface

Louisiana 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?

$23.44

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23.44 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $23.44 from a physician practice, and about $39.81 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 6 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$23.44$20.89 to $26.30
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$39.81$23.99 to $97.72

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $40 · 10th to 90th $0 to $148Professionalmedian $23 · 10th to 90th $18 to $33
$0.1$1$10$100facility $40professional $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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$4.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$4.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$14.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$26.92
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$138.04
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$26.92
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$3.80
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$22.91
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$39.81
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$10.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$38.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$47.86
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.63
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$10.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$35.48

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 48th of 51

$23.44

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.