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Close-Up Photographs Of The Eye's Surface

North Carolina 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?

$30.20

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $30.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $30.20 from a physician practice, and about $36.31 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$30.20$21.88 to $40.74
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$36.31$23.99 to $54.95

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $36 · 10th to 90th $22 to $81Professionalmedian $30 · 10th to 90th $18 to $81
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $36professional $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
$21.88
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$331.13
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$13.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$81.28
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
$8.91
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$23.99
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$39.81
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$33.88
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$3.89
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$8.51
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$5.25
Typical High
$17.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$83.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$17.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$61.66
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$16.60
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$64.57
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$54.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$51.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$10.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$41.69
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 22nd of 51

$30.20

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.