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Close-Up Photographs Of The Eye's Surface

New Jersey 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?

$26.30

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26.30 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $26.30 from a physician practice, and about $74.13 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$26.30$21.38 to $31.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$74.13$43.65 to $195

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $74 · 10th to 90th $31 to $219Professionalmedian $26 · 10th to 90th $18 to $54
$20$50$100$200facility $74professional $26

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
$30.90
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$7.94
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$8.32
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$15.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$28.84
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$27.54
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$5.75
AmeriHealth
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$21.88
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$11.22
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$13.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$52.48
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$47.86
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$6.03
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$41.69
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$194.98
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$57.54
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$7.76
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$46.77
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$154.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$56.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$11.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$42.66

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 42nd of 51

$26.30

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.