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Close-Up Photographs Of The Eye's Surface

Tennessee 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 Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $30.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $28.84 from a physician practice, and about $204 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$28.84$21.38 to $41.69
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$204$148 to $209

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $204 · 10th to 90th $42 to $209Professionalmedian $29 · 10th to 90th $18 to $60
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $204professional $29

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
$53.70
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$7.41
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$48.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$6.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$18.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$35.48
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$23.44
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.75
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$5.75
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$46.77
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$13.49
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$42.66
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$3.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$4.79
Typical High
$14.45
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$44.67
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$323.59
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$57.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$54.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.95
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$10.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$39.81

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 27th 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.