Eye exam, new patient cost in Little Rock, AR
In Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR, 2 hospitals list a cash price for comprehensive eye exam by an eye doctor, new patient: from $39.60 to $108.60, with a median of $74.10. The lowest listed price is at Arkansas Childrens Hospital — $34.50 less than the median here. Across Arkansas, the median is $260.25 at 5 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 92004, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas Childrens Hospital lowest Little Rock, AR · (501) 364-1100 NEW PATIENT COMPLETE EXAM OF VISUAL SYSTEM | $39.60 | $44.00 | $44.00–$124.48 | 10% | — source file |
| University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Little Rock, AR · (501) 686-5000 COMPRE OPH EXAM NEW PT 1/> | $108.60 | $181.00 | $114.72–$887.00 | 40% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $39.60, median $74.10, highest $108.60 — a 2.7× difference within the same market.
Cash or insurance?
At 2 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 2 it is below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
What it is
This is a full medical eye exam for a new patient by an ophthalmologist or optometrist. It usually checks vision, eye pressure, eye movement and the inside of the eye, often with dilating drops, and may take more than one visit.
What the price covers
The price covers the exam itself. Refraction, the test that sets a glasses prescription, is billed separately (92015), as are contact lens fitting, eye imaging and glasses.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 92004 ($201.50). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Arkansas Childrens Hospital Little Rock, ARCOMPRE OPH EXAM NEW PT 1/> | $18.45 | file |