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Close-Up Photographs Of The Eye's Surface

Virginia 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?

$26.92

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26.92 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $26.92 from a physician practice, and about $27.54 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$26.92$21.38 to $35.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$27.54$18.20 to $43.65

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $4 to $65Professionalmedian $27 · 10th to 90th $18 to $51
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $28professional $27

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
$18.20
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$371.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$3.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.69
Median
$3.39
Typical High
$7.24
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$10.96
Typical High
$15.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$37.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$46.77
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$7.94
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$69.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$39.81
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$186.21
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$2.63
Typical High
$4.68
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$28.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$58.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$13.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$47.86
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$34.67
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.82
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$4.27
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$30.90
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$69.18
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$16.98
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$67.61
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$51.29
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4.17
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$56.23
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$3.09
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$12.88
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$44.67
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$66.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$61.66
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$4.57
Typical High
$14.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$45.71

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 39th of 51

$26.92

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.