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Close-Up Photographs Of The Eye's Surface

Minnesota 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?

$42.66

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $42.66 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $41.69 from a physician practice, and about $75.86 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$41.69$28.84 to $64.57
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$75.86$61.66 to $145

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $76 · 10th to 90th $32 to $178Professionalmedian $42 · 10th to 90th $22 to $83
$20$50$100$200facility $76professional $42

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
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$3.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$5.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$15.85
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$32.36
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.34
Typical High
$2.34
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$83.18
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$4.47
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$10.72
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$229.09
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$11.75
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$85.11
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$177.83
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$21.38
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$89.13
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$10.47
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$79.43
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$74.13
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
$22.39
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$309.03
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$128.82
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$134.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$74.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$11.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$63.10

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 2nd of 51

$42.66

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.