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Close-Up Photographs Of The Eye's Surface

South 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 South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $30.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $28.18 from a physician practice, and about $87.10 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$28.18$21.88 to $41.69
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$87.10$30.20 to $182

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $87 · 10th to 90th $23 to $324Professionalmedian $28 · 10th to 90th $19 to $54
$5$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $87professional $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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$181.97
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
$28.18
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$16.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$30.20
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$40.74
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.16
Typical High
$5.37
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$64.57
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$26.92
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$5.01
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$43.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$16.22
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$50.12
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$5.13
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$67.61
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$56.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$13.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$42.66

Where South 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.

South Carolina· 25th 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.