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Procedure price report · Ophthalmologic and otologic diagnosis and treatment

Photographs of the outside of the eye

CPT 92285the billing code this page is about

Photographs of the eyelids, eye surface and surrounding structures to document their appearance.

Hospitals typically charge $69 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 536 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $87. Most fall between $24 and $192 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
536
States
48
Filings dated
Dec 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 25, 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 536 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
$10$31$69$167$247

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 25× what the cheapest tenth charges ($10 vs $247).

How the prices are spread

$9 – $13: 54 hospitals$9$13 – $18: 16 hospitals$18 – $27: 18 hospitals$18$27 – $39: 39 hospitals$39 – $57: 89 hospitals$39$57 – $83: 49 hospitals$83 – $120: 49 hospitals$83$120 – $176: 69 hospitals$176 – $256: 82 hospitals$176$256 – $373: 19 hospitals$256median $69price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (484 of 536 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$9$1354
$13$1816
$18$2718
$27$3939
$39$5789
$57$8349
$83$12049
$120$17669
$176$25682
$256$37319

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$38
Median cash price$69
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.81×

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 $69.

Alaska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $110 across 10 hospitalsWA$110Idaho: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $33 across 24 hospitalsMN$33Illinois: median $68 across 26 hospitalsIL$68Wisconsin: median $45 across 38 hospitalsWI$45Michigan: median $51 across 21 hospitalsMI$51New York: median $46 across 43 hospitalsNY$46Massachusetts: median $169 across 11 hospitalsMA$169Oregon: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 2 hospitals 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 $10 across 15 hospitalsIA$10Indiana: median $243 across 20 hospitalsIN$243Ohio: median $56 across 20 hospitalsOH$56Pennsylvania: median $73 across 18 hospitalsPA$73New Jersey: median $43 across 13 hospitalsNJ$43Connecticut: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $247 across 60 hospitalsCA$247Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $222 across 10 hospitalsCO$222Nebraska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $57 across 11 hospitalsMO$57Kentucky: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $101 across 14 hospitalsVA$101Maryland: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $6 across 12 hospitalsOK$6Louisiana: median $71 across 21 hospitalsLA$71Mississippi: 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 $62 across 10 hospitalsGA$62Hawaii: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $187 across 25 hospitalsTX$187Florida: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $69. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA60$247+258%$135 – $247
Indiana IN20$243+252%$28 – $366
Colorado CO10$222+222%$69 – $222
Texas TX25$187+170%$42 – $201
Massachusetts MA11$169+145%$104 – $241
Washington WA10$110+59%$43 – $191
Virginia VA14$101+46%$101 – $269
Pennsylvania PA18$73+6%$45 – $243
Louisiana LA21$71+2%$24 – $174
Illinois IL26$68−1%$10 – $167
Georgia GA10$62−10%$62 – $62
Missouri MO11$57−17%$15 – $89
Ohio OH20$56−18%$41 – $141
Michigan MI21$51−26%$10 – $160
New York NY43$46−33%$35 – $192
Wisconsin WI38$45−35%$10 – $124
New Jersey NJ13$43−37%$43 – $51
Minnesota MN24$33−52%$15 – $166
Iowa IA15$10−85%$10 – $10
Oklahoma OK12$6−92%$6 – $6
Idaho ID8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not 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 $69.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care444$71$26 – $198
Children’s18fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access73$53$10 – $171
Ownership
For-profit38$71$10 – $198
Government72$61$41 – $157
Non-profit425$73$21 – $192
System affiliation
Part of a system440$71$21 – $192
Independent96$66$29 – $191

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$141
Median cash price$69
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. 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

370 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $84 and the average of the middle 60% is $97; most fall between $24 and $201.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 370 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
$10$29$84$186$247

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 25× what the cheapest tenth charges ($10 vs $247).

Of the 394 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 370 gave a usable cash price; 15 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

536 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (14%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 585 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted536
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here40
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 code585

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 25, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 25, 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 Xtrnl Ocular Photog W/I&R Docmt Med Progress|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, “Photographs of the outside of the eye (CPT 92285) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-92285-photographs-of-the-outside-of-the-eye