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Close-Up Photographs Of The Eye's Surface

Maryland 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?

$27.54

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $27.54 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $27.54 from a physician practice, and about $28.18 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$27.54$22.91 to $39.81
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$28.18$10.72 to $45.71

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $7 to $603Professionalmedian $28 · 10th to 90th $19 to $105
$5$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $28professional $28

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$10.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$16.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$63.10
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$23.99
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$3.31
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$23.99
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$12.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$56.23
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$38.02
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$4.79
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$35.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$12.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$47.86
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$38.02
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$4.68
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$33.88

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 37th of 51

$27.54

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.