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Procedure price report · Ophthalmologic and otologic diagnosis and treatment

X-ray of the eye to look for a foreign object

CPT 70030the billing code this page is about

X-ray imaging of the eye done to detect a foreign body such as a metal fragment.

Hospitals typically charge $194 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,610 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $205. Most fall between $105 and $359 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,610
States
50
Filings dated
Dec 2022 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 2,610 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$74$120$194$314$510

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.9× what the cheapest tenth charges ($74 vs $510).

How the prices are spread

$53 – $69: 79 hospitals$53$69 – $90: 170 hospitals$90 – $118: 248 hospitals$90$118 – $155: 350 hospitals$155 – $202: 383 hospitals$155$202 – $265: 412 hospitals$265 – $347: 273 hospitals$265$347 – $454: 242 hospitals$454 – $594: 134 hospitals$454$594 – $778: 60 hospitals$594median $194price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,351 of 2,610 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$53$6979
$69$90170
$90$118248
$118$155350
$155$202383
$202$265412
$265$347273
$347$454242
$454$594134
$594$77860

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$89
Median cash price$194
Cash as a multiple of Medicare2.2×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $194.

Alaska: median $289 across 12 hospitalsAK$289Maine: median $150 across 25 hospitalsME$150Vermont: median $384 across 12 hospitalsVT$384New Hampshire: median $203 across 20 hospitalsNH$203Washington: median $216 across 62 hospitalsWA$216Idaho: median $160 across 21 hospitalsID$160Montana: median $154 across 14 hospitalsMT$154North Dakota: median $159 across 24 hospitalsND$159Minnesota: median $180 across 88 hospitalsMN$180Illinois: median $236 across 109 hospitalsIL$236Wisconsin: median $143 across 107 hospitalsWI$143Michigan: median $194 across 71 hospitalsMI$194New York: median $202 across 88 hospitalsNY$202Massachusetts: median $391 across 41 hospitalsMA$391Oregon: median $167 across 42 hospitalsOR$167Nevada: median $186 across 11 hospitalsNV$186Wyoming: median $127 across 13 hospitalsWY$127South Dakota: median $343 across 35 hospitalsSD$343Iowa: median $174 across 83 hospitalsIA$174Indiana: median $193 across 87 hospitalsIN$193Ohio: median $226 across 124 hospitalsOH$226Pennsylvania: median $188 across 113 hospitalsPA$188New Jersey: median $121 across 41 hospitalsNJ$121Connecticut: median $253 across 21 hospitalsCT$253Rhode Island: median $285 across 10 hospitalsRI$285California: median $257 across 163 hospitalsCA$257Utah: median $26 across 31 hospitalsUT$26Colorado: median $235 across 61 hospitalsCO$235Nebraska: median $221 across 68 hospitalsNE$221Missouri: median $197 across 66 hospitalsMO$197Kentucky: median $177 across 39 hospitalsKY$177West Virginia: median $179 across 34 hospitalsWV$179Virginia: median $187 across 67 hospitalsVA$187Maryland: median $150 across 28 hospitalsMD$150Delaware: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $120 across 48 hospitalsAZ$120New Mexico: median $232 across 15 hospitalsNM$232Kansas: median $141 across 59 hospitalsKS$141Arkansas: median $139 across 19 hospitalsAR$139Tennessee: median $104 across 58 hospitalsTN$104North Carolina: median $159 across 78 hospitalsNC$159South Carolina: median $275 across 39 hospitalsSC$275Oklahoma: median $112 across 40 hospitalsOK$112Louisiana: median $114 across 39 hospitalsLA$114Mississippi: median $88 across 19 hospitalsMS$88Alabama: median $108 across 25 hospitalsAL$108Georgia: median $161 across 63 hospitalsGA$161Hawaii: median $247 across 18 hospitalsHI$247Texas: median $276 across 127 hospitalsTX$276Florida: median $340 across 127 hospitalsFL$340
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $194. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Massachusetts MA41$391+101%$182 – $441
Vermont VT12$384+98%$327 – $495
South Dakota SD35$343+77%$214 – $526
Florida FL127$340+75%$193 – $1,024
Alaska AK12$289+48%$173 – $374
Rhode Island RI10$285+47%$94 – $286
Texas TX127$276+42%$139 – $470
South Carolina SC39$275+41%$140 – $524
California CA163$257+32%$158 – $574
Connecticut CT21$253+30%$134 – $359
Hawaii HI18$247+27%$183 – $274
Illinois IL109$236+21%$93 – $383
Colorado CO61$235+21%$160 – $392
New Mexico NM15$232+19%$130 – $251
Ohio OH124$226+16%$154 – $395
Nebraska NE68$221+14%$167 – $288
Washington WA62$216+11%$167 – $295
New Hampshire NH20$203+4%$138 – $562
New York NY88$202+4%$104 – $363
Missouri MO66$197+2%$101 – $358
Michigan MI71$1940%$118 – $239
Indiana IN87$193−1%$102 – $258
Pennsylvania PA113$188−3%$103 – $482
Virginia VA67$187−4%$141 – $492
Nevada NV11$186−5%$94 – $324
Minnesota MN88$180−7%$106 – $262
West Virginia WV34$179−8%$122 – $278
Kentucky KY39$177−9%$108 – $967
Iowa IA83$174−11%$120 – $263
Oregon OR42$167−14%$65 – $270
Georgia GA63$161−17%$67 – $438
Idaho ID21$160−18%$133 – $365
North Dakota ND24$159−18%$116 – $264
North Carolina NC78$159−18%$101 – $228
Montana MT14$154−21%$135 – $290
Maryland MD28$150−23%$106 – $190
Maine ME25$150−23%$90 – $328
Wisconsin WI107$143−27%$95 – $240
Kansas KS59$141−28%$100 – $293
Arkansas AR19$139−29%$72 – $244
Wyoming WY13$127−35%$84 – $314
New Jersey NJ41$121−38%$100 – $215
Arizona AZ48$120−38%$63 – $422
Louisiana LA39$114−42%$50 – $177
Oklahoma OK40$112−42%$46 – $182
Alabama AL25$108−44%$77 – $199
Tennessee TN58$104−46%$68 – $131
Mississippi MS19$88−55%$73 – $178
Utah UT31$26−87%$26 – $169
Delaware DE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $194.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,881$194$104 – $386
Children’s38$280$109 – $454
Critical access683$194$110 – $308
Ownership
For-profit338$281$111 – $900
Government429$188$105 – $287
Non-profit1,835$190$104 – $344
System affiliation
Part of a system2,186$197$106 – $372
Independent424$173$100 – $315

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$329
Median cash price$194
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

1,834 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $200 and the average of the middle 60% is $209; most fall between $107 and $358.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,834 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$73$124$200$318$482

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($73 vs $482).

Of the 2,026 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,834 gave a usable cash price; 104 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 88 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,610 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (66%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,906 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,610
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here193
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded102
Hospitals that filed this code2,906

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between July 20, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Ophthalmologic and otologic diagnosis and treatment family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as PR X-Ray Eye for Foreign Body.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “X-ray of the eye to look for a foreign object (CPT 70030) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-70030-x-ray-of-the-eye-to-look-for-a-foreign-object