Eye exam, new patient cost in Texas
In Texas, 22 hospitals publish a cash price for comprehensive eye exam by an eye doctor, new patient: from $50.19 to $536.00, with a median of $241.00. The lowest price is at University Health System (San Antonio). The highest price is 10.7× the lowest.
- The median here, $241.00, is 28% above the US median of $188.51.
- That is 1.8× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($136.02).
- Texas ranks 17th of 22 states by median, cheapest first.
- 1 of 22 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
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 Nov 11, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$50.19University Health System
Median$241.00half of hospitals charge less
Highest$536.00in Texas
Lowest saves$190.81vs the median
Hospitals in Texas, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| University Health System lowest San Antonio · San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX HC EYE EXAM NEW PATIENT | $50.19 | $200.75 | Oct 7, 2026 source file |
| Nacogdoches Memorial Hospital Nacogdoches · Nacogdoches, TX Comprehensive | $85.00 | $282.00 | — source file |
| Covenant Hospital Plainview Plainview · Plainview, TX HC PR 92004 OPH SVCS MEDICAL XM&EVAL COMPRE NEW PT 1/> VST | $103.32 | $246.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Driscoll Childrens Hospital Corpus Christi · Corpus Christi, TX Opthalmological Visit, New Pt, Comprehensive | $141.68 | $708.40 | Oct 6, 2025 source file |
| Driscoll Children's Hospital Rio Grande Valley Edinburg · McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Opthalmological Visit, New Pt, Comprehensive | $163.02 | $815.10 | Oct 6, 2025 source file |
| Baylor Scott & White Continuing Care Hospital Temple · Killeen-Temple, TX HC EYE EXAM, NEW PATIENT,COMPREHESV | $241.00 | $401.67 | Jun 12, 2026 source file |
| Baylor Scott & White Emergency Medical Center - Cedar Park Cedar Park · Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX HC EYE EXAM, NEW PATIENT,COMPREHESV | $241.00 | $401.67 | Jun 3, 2026 source file |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Austin Austin · Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX HC EYE EXAM, NEW PATIENT,COMPREHESV | $241.00 | $401.67 | Jun 13, 2026 source file |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Buda Buda · Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX HC EYE EXAM, NEW PATIENT,COMPREHESV | $241.00 | $401.67 | Jun 13, 2026 source file |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - College Station College Station · College Station-Bryan, TX HC EYE EXAM, NEW PATIENT,COMPREHESV | $241.00 | $401.67 | Jun 12, 2026 source file |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Hillcrest Waco · Waco, TX HC EYE EXAM, NEW PATIENT,COMPREHESV | $241.00 | $401.67 | Jun 13, 2026 source file |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Lakeway Lakeway · Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX HC EYE EXAM, NEW PATIENT,COMPREHESV | $241.00 | $401.67 | Jun 13, 2026 source file |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Marble Falls Marble Falls · Marble Falls, TX HC EYE EXAM, NEW PATIENT,COMPREHESV | $241.00 | $401.67 | Jun 13, 2026 source file |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Pflugerville Pflugerville · Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX HC EYE EXAM, NEW PATIENT,COMPREHESV | $241.00 | $401.67 | Jun 13, 2026 source file |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Round Rock Round Rock · Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX HC EYE EXAM, NEW PATIENT,COMPREHESV | $241.00 | $401.67 | Jun 13, 2026 source file |
| Baylor Scott & White McLane Children's Medical Center Temple · Killeen-Temple, TX HC EYE EXAM, NEW PATIENT,COMPREHESV | $250.64 | $417.74 | Oct 30, 2026 source file |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Brenham Brenham · Brenham, TX HC EYE EXAM, NEW PATIENT,COMPREHESV | $250.64 | $417.74 | Oct 30, 2026 source file |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Taylor Taylor · Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX HC EYE EXAM, NEW PATIENT,COMPREHESV | $250.64 | $417.74 | Oct 30, 2026 source file |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Temple Temple · Temple, TX HC EYE EXAM, NEW PATIENT,COMPREHESV | $250.64 | $417.74 | Oct 30, 2026 source file |
| Baylor Scott & White Pavilion - Temple Temple · Killeen-Temple, TX HC EYE EXAM, NEW PATIENT,COMPREHESV | $250.64 | $417.74 | Oct 29, 2026 source file |
| Parkland Health Dallas · Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX New patient complete exam of visual system | $308.40 | $771.00 | Oct 16, 2026 source file |
| University Medical Center Lubbock · Lubbock, TX Hc Opthalmological - Med Exam And Eval Comp New Patient | $536.00 | $536.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
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
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | 7 | $241.00 | $241.00 |
| Killeen-Temple, TX | 3 | $241.00 | $250.64 |
| Brenham, TX | 1 | $250.64 | $250.64 |
| College Station-Bryan, TX | 1 | $241.00 | $241.00 |
| Corpus Christi, TX | 1 | $141.68 | $141.68 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 1 | $308.40 | $308.40 |
| Lubbock, TX | 1 | $536.00 | $536.00 |
| Marble Falls, TX | 1 | $241.00 | $241.00 |
| McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | 1 | $163.02 | $163.02 |
| Nacogdoches, TX | 1 | $85.00 | $85.00 |
| Plainview, TX | 1 | $103.32 | $103.32 |
| San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 1 | $50.19 | $50.19 |
| Temple, TX | 1 | $250.64 | $250.64 |
| Waco, TX | 1 | $241.00 | $241.00 |
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
- Alabama$156.52, 3 hospitals
- Alaska$314.38, 2 hospitals
- Arizona$163.38, 3 hospitals
- Arkansas$108.60
- California$245.28
- Colorado$130.15, 2 hospitals
- Connecticut$158.00, 1 hospital
- District of Columbia$280.25, 2 hospitals
- Florida$481.65
- Georgia$207.01
- Idaho$121.00
- Illinois$132.00
- Indiana$388.16, 2 hospitals
- Iowa$233.10, 3 hospitals
- Kentucky$481.97
- Louisiana$73.28
- Maine$112.25, 2 hospitals
- Massachusetts$208.03
- Michigan$147.54
- Minnesota$130.05
- Mississippi$154.85
- Missouri$127.98
- Montana$221.60, 3 hospitals
- Nebraska$78.00, 2 hospitals
- Nevada$432.00, 1 hospital
- New Jersey$175.35, 4 hospitals
- New York$230.00
- North Dakota$121.30, 4 hospitals
- Ohio$256.60
- Oklahoma$287.85, 3 hospitals
- Oregon$159.25, 2 hospitals
- Pennsylvania$152.80
- South Carolina$99.00, 3 hospitals
- South Dakota$321.60
- Tennessee$100.28
- Vermont$185.37, 2 hospitals
- Virginia$58.35, 1 hospital
- Washington$169.40
- West Virginia$170.00
- Wisconsin$130.90
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.