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Close-Up Photographs Of The Eye's Surface

South Dakota 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?

$33.88

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $33.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $33.88 from a physician practice, and about $38.02 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$33.88$23.99 to $47.86
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$38.02$30.20 to $48.98

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $38 · 10th to 90th $22 to $65Professionalmedian $34 · 10th to 90th $23 to $62
$20$50facility $38professional $34

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
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$21.88
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
$18.20
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$6.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$36.31
Avera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$61.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$7.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$53.70
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$64.57
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$309.03
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$128.82
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$251.19
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$54.95
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.08
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$47.86
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$6.61
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$46.77
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$12.88
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$38.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$51.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$8.51
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$45.71
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$51.29
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$6.31
Typical High
$6.46
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$44.67

Where South Dakota 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 Dakota· 8th of 51

$33.88

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.