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Doctor visits and therapy CPT 92004 Minnesota Outpatient

Eye exam, new patient cost in Minnesota

In Minnesota, 5 hospitals publish a cash price for comprehensive eye exam by an eye doctor, new patient: from $77.25 to $255.13, with a median of $130.05. The lowest price is at Stevens Community Medical Center (Morris). The highest price is 3.3× the lowest.

  • The median here, $130.05, is 31% below the US median of $188.51.
  • That is about the same as Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($136.02).
  • Minnesota ranks 6th of 22 states by median, cheapest first.
  • Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.

Minnesota law (Minn. Stat. §144.589): a hospital may not charge an uninsured patient whose household income is under $125,000 more than the lowest amount it would be paid for the same service by a private insurer, counting the insured patient's share. If the cash price below is higher, ask the billing office to apply this limit. Each hospital's page here shows the range of insurer rates in its own file (the "Insurers pay" column), a starting point when you ask. Other states' laws.

Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 92004. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Sep 27, 2026. See them on a map

Lowest$77.25Stevens Community Medical Center
Median$130.05half of hospitals charge less
Highest$255.13in Minnesota
Lowest saves$52.80vs the median

Hospitals in Minnesota, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceFile date
Stevens Community Medical Center lowest Morris · Morris, MN New patient complete exam of visual system $77.25 $103.00 Jun 26, 2026
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Perham Health Perham · Fergus Falls, MN New patient complete exam of visual system $130.00 $200.00 Feb 1, 2026
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Madison Hospital Madison · Madison, MN EYE EXAM; COMPREHENSIVE NEW PATIENT 1+ VISITS $130.05 $153.00 Jun 23, 2026
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Aspirus St. Luke’s Hospital Duluth · Duluth, MN-WI Fac Oph Svcs Medical Xm&Eval Compre New Pt 1/> Vst $168.64 $310.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Lake View Hospital Two Harbors · Two Harbors, MN Fac Oph Svcs Medical Xm&Eval Compre New Pt 1/> Vst $255.13 $310.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
File date When the hospital last updated its price file, as the file says itself. A dash means the file gives no date.
At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking. More

By metro area

Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.

Metro areaHospitalsLowestMedian
Duluth, MN-WI 1 $168.64 $168.64
Fergus Falls, MN 1 $130.00 $130.00
Madison, MN 1 $130.05 $130.05
Morris, MN 1 $77.25 $77.25
Two Harbors, MN 1 $255.13 $255.13
Market A metro area (as the Census Bureau defines it) or, outside metro areas, a town. Each links to every hospital price there.
Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.
Lowest The lowest cash price among those hospitals.
Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More

What eye exam, new patient is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Eye exam, new patient explained.

Comprehensive eye exam by an eye doctor, new patient in other states

Median cash price across the state's hospitals.