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Procedure price report · Diagnostic ultrasound or optical coherence tomography (OCT) of head and neck

Eye measurement scan with lens power calculation

CPT 76519the billing code this page is about

An ultrasound measurement of the eye plus the calculation of the artificial lens power needed for cataract surgery; the calculation portion applies per eye.

Hospitals typically charge $172 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 533 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $191. Most fall between $76 and $402 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
533
States
47
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – 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 533 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
$48$96$172$336$507

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($48 vs $507).

How the prices are spread

$34 – $45: 23 hospitals$34$45 – $60: 25 hospitals$60 – $79: 38 hospitals$60$79 – $106: 35 hospitals$106 – $141: 71 hospitals$106$141 – $187: 77 hospitals$187 – $249: 58 hospitals$187$249 – $332: 36 hospitals$332 – $442: 78 hospitals$332$442 – $588: 41 hospitals$442median $172price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (482 of 533 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$34$4523
$45$6025
$60$7938
$79$10635
$106$14171
$141$18777
$187$24958
$249$33236
$332$44278
$442$58841

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$107
Median cash price$172
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.61×

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 $172.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNHWashington: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceIDMontana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $187 across 24 hospitalsMN$187Illinois: median $142 across 20 hospitalsIL$142Wisconsin: median $257 across 37 hospitalsWI$257Michigan: median $133 across 17 hospitalsMI$133New York: median $126 across 39 hospitalsNY$126Massachusetts: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $76 across 15 hospitalsIA$76Indiana: median $152 across 21 hospitalsIN$152Ohio: median $138 across 23 hospitalsOH$138Pennsylvania: median $124 across 33 hospitalsPA$124New Jersey: median $118 across 14 hospitalsNJ$118Connecticut: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $336 across 52 hospitalsCA$336Utah: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $416 across 10 hospitalsCO$416Nebraska: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $99 across 15 hospitalsWV$99Virginia: median $407 across 11 hospitalsVA$407Maryland: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: median $579 across 11 hospitalsAZ$579New Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $50 across 10 hospitalsOK$50Louisiana: median $143 across 22 hospitalsLA$143Mississippi: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $161 across 10 hospitalsGA$161Hawaii: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $402 across 26 hospitalsTX$402Florida: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $172. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Arizona AZ11$579+237%$128 – $579
Colorado CO10$416+142%$85 – $416
Virginia VA11$407+137%$143 – $407
Texas TX26$402+134%$174 – $422
California CA52$336+96%$224 – $421
Wisconsin WI37$257+50%$163 – $588
Minnesota MN24$187+9%$167 – $219
Georgia GA10$161−6%$161 – $161
Indiana IN21$152−12%$28 – $192
Louisiana LA22$143−17%$70 – $268
Illinois IL20$142−17%$34 – $419
Ohio OH23$138−20%$96 – $288
Michigan MI17$133−23%$40 – $163
New York NY39$126−27%$99 – $373
Pennsylvania PA33$124−28%$20 – $290
New Jersey NJ14$118−31%$116 – $135
West Virginia WV15$99−42%$33 – $238
Iowa IA15$76−56%$76 – $76
Oklahoma OK10$50−71%$50 – $50
Florida FL9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not 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 $172.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care428$174$83 – $407
Children’s17fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access87$163$54 – $257
Ownership
For-profit45$136$34 – $342
Government64$172$96 – $338
Non-profit423$178$76 – $407
System affiliation
Part of a system447$167$76 – $402
Independent86$187$100 – $347

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$342
Median cash price$172
Cash as a share of list, median hospital59%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 41%. 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

340 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $221 and the average of the middle 60% is $241; most fall between $84 and $422.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 340 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
$50$104$221$407$579

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 12× what the cheapest tenth charges ($50 vs $579).

Of the 394 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 340 gave a usable cash price; 45 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 9 a list price only.

How complete is this

533 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (13%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 600 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted533
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here58
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded9
Hospitals that filed this code600

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 September 4, 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 Diagnostic ultrasound or optical coherence tomography (OCT) of head and neck family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Oph Bmtry US Echograpy a-Scan Io Lens Pwr Cal|PROFESSIONAL COMPONENT.

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.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Eye measurement scan with lens power calculation (CPT 76519) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-76519-eye-measurement-scan-with-lens-power-calculation