Eye exam (follow-up) cost in San Jose, CA
In San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, 3 hospitals list a cash price for eye exam, returning patient, intermediate: from $111.20 to $146.72, with a median of $146.72. The lowest listed price is at Stanford Health Care — $35.52 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $146.72 at 44 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 92012, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanford Health Care lowest Stanford, CA · (650) 723-4000 Eye Eval/Treat Intermed Estab | $111.20 | $278.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Jose San Jose, CA · (408) 972-7000 OPHTH MEDICAL XM&EVAL INTERMEDIATE ESTAB PT | $146.72 | $262.00 | — | 44% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Santa Clara Santa Clara, CA · (408) 236-6400 OPHTH MEDICAL XM&EVAL INTERMEDIATE ESTAB PT | $146.72 | $262.00 | — | 44% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $111.20, median $146.72, highest $146.72 — a 1.3× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $146.72. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
What it is
An intermediate eye exam checks a specific problem or follows up a known condition.
What the price covers
The price covers the exam. Refraction for glasses (92015) is often billed separately.