Eye exam (comprehensive) cost in San Jose, CA
In San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, 3 hospitals list a cash price for comprehensive eye exam, returning patient: from $170.00 to $207.20, with a median of $207.20. The lowest listed price is at Stanford Health Care — $37.20 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $207.20 at 44 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 92014, 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 Compre Estab Pt | $170.00 | $425.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Jose San Jose, CA · (408) 972-7000 OPHTH MEDICAL XM&EVAL COMPRHNSV ESTAB PT 1/> | $207.20 | $370.00 | — | 44% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Santa Clara Santa Clara, CA · (408) 236-6400 OPHTH MEDICAL XM&EVAL COMPRHNSV ESTAB PT 1/> | $207.20 | $370.00 | — | 44% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $170.00, median $207.20, highest $207.20 — a 1.2× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $207.20. 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
A comprehensive eye exam checks vision, eye pressure and the health of the whole eye, often with dilation.
What the price covers
The price covers the exam. Refraction for glasses (92015) is often billed separately.