Eye exam (follow-up) cost without insurance
Across 185 US markets, hospitals list an outpatient cash price for eye exam, returning patient, intermediate from $18.45 to $1,085.20. The median market price is $126.10. Prices come from each hospital's own price file; pick your area below to compare hospitals side by side.
Collected Sep 25, 2026 Each price links to its source file All Eye exam costs
Lowest$18.45any market
Median market$126.10middle of market medians
Highest$1,085.20any market
Listings370hospital prices
Compared with Medicare
$136.02 is Medicare's 2026 national base rate for this service in a hospital outpatient department, including the patient's share and before the local wage adjustment. The median hospital cash price, $146.72 across 371 hospitals, is 1.1× that.
Researchers often measure hospital prices as a multiple of Medicare's rate, and it is a concrete number to mention when you ask a hospital for a cash discount. Source: CMS.
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.
Why prices differ
Private eye clinics and retail optical stores often charge less than hospitals.
What to ask
Ask whether the self-pay price for CPT 92012 includes refraction (92015).
Prices by state
Median outpatient cash price, one line per hospital. Pick a state to see every hospital, cheapest first.
- Alaska$254.62
- Arizona$144.74
- Arkansas$128.55
- California$146.72
- Colorado$120.42
- Connecticut$135.00
- Florida$481.65
- Georgia$161.46
- Idaho$612.00
- Illinois$81.25
- Indiana$52.68
- Iowa$183.20
- Kansas$93.60
- Kentucky$64.75
- Louisiana$61.92
- Maine$32.55
- Maryland$192.00
- Massachusetts$153.90
- Michigan$57.64
- Minnesota$125.77
- Missouri$93.60
- Nebraska$130.00
- Nevada$218.00
- New Jersey$142.76
- New York$194.02
- North Carolina$146.00
- Ohio$304.75
- Oklahoma$158.25
- Oregon$160.55
- Pennsylvania$80.80
- South Carolina$74.00
- Tennessee$64.27
- Texas$196.23
- Vermont$249.45
- Virginia$152.50
- Washington$150.90
- West Virginia$62.45
- Wisconsin$98.37
- Wyoming$225.14
Prices by market
Outpatient cash prices. “×” is how many times the highest price in that market exceeds the lowest.
| Market | Hospitals | Lowest | Median | Highest | × |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anna, IL single city | 1 | $64.75 | $64.75 | $64.75 | 1.0× |
| Antigo, WI single city | 1 | $119.60 | $119.60 | $119.60 | 1.0× |
| Akron, OH | 3 | $81.75 | $161.25 | $385.45 | 4.7× |
| Alexandria, LA | 1 | $98.28 | $98.28 | $98.28 | 1.0× |
| Anchorage, AK | 1 | $269.00 | $269.00 | $269.00 | 1.0× |
| Ann Arbor, MI | 1 | $24.80 | $24.80 | $24.80 | 1.0× |
| Ardmore, OK | 1 | $158.25 | $158.25 | $158.25 | 1.0× |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | 9 | $161.46 | $161.46 | $161.46 | 1.0× |
| Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ | 1 | $172.26 | $172.26 | $172.26 | 1.0× |
| Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 1 | $161.46 | $161.46 | $161.46 | 1.0× |
| Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | 7 | $196.23 | $196.23 | $196.23 | 1.0× |
| Big Stone Gap, VA single city | 1 | $58.35 | $58.35 | $58.35 | 1.0× |
| Buckhannon, WV single city | 1 | $46.50 | $46.50 | $46.50 | 1.0× |
| Baker City, OR | 1 | $70.20 | $70.20 | $70.20 | 1.0× |
| Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD | 1 | $192.00 | $192.00 | $192.00 | 1.0× |
| Bangor, ME | 1 | $44.10 | $44.10 | $44.10 | 1.0× |
| Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX | 5 | $1,046.76 | $1,046.76 | $1,046.76 | 1.0× |
| Beaver Dam, WI | 1 | $66.50 | $66.50 | $66.50 | 1.0× |
| Bennington, VT | 1 | $123.90 | $123.90 | $123.90 | 1.0× |
| Boise City, ID | 2 | $612.00 | $612.00 | $612.00 | 1.0× |
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | 3 | $80.00 | $98.00 | $153.90 | 1.9× |
| Brenham, TX | 1 | $196.23 | $196.23 | $196.23 | 1.0× |
| Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | 2 | $89.35 | $174.59 | $259.82 | 2.9× |
| Burlington-South Burlington, VT | 1 | $375.00 | $375.00 | $375.00 | 1.0× |
| Cades, SC single city | 1 | $53.50 | $53.50 | $53.50 | 1.0× |
| Cedar Rapids, IA single city | 1 | $183.20 | $183.20 | $183.20 | 1.0× |
| Canton-Massillon, OH | 1 | $385.45 | $385.45 | $385.45 | 1.0× |
| Cape Girardeau, MO-IL | 1 | $127.50 | $127.50 | $127.50 | 1.0× |
| Cedar Rapids, IA | 1 | $183.20 | $183.20 | $183.20 | 1.0× |
| Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 1 | $74.00 | $74.00 | $74.00 | 1.0× |
| Chattanooga, TN-GA | 1 | $95.57 | $95.57 | $95.57 | 1.0× |
| Cheyenne, WY | 1 | $225.14 | $225.14 | $225.14 | 1.0× |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | 12 | $25.08 | $82.08 | $264.00 | 10.5× |
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 4 | $122.40 | $204.00 | $332.00 | 2.7× |
| Clarksburg, WV | 1 | $78.00 | $78.00 | $78.00 | 1.0× |
| Cleveland, OH | 19 | $45.15 | $385.45 | $385.45 | 8.5× |
| College Station-Bryan, TX | 1 | $196.23 | $196.23 | $196.23 | 1.0× |
| Columbia, MO | 1 | $104.40 | $104.40 | $104.40 | 1.0× |
| Columbus, OH | 1 | $221.40 | $221.40 | $221.40 | 1.0× |
| Corning, NY | 1 | $138.18 | $138.18 | $138.18 | 1.0× |
| Corpus Christi, TX | 1 | $85.14 | $85.14 | $85.14 | 1.0× |
| Cortland, NY | 1 | $138.18 | $138.18 | $138.18 | 1.0× |
| Cumberland, MD-WV | 1 | $46.50 | $46.50 | $46.50 | 1.0× |
| Decorah, IA single city | 1 | $237.30 | $237.30 | $237.30 | 1.0× |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 1 | $210.75 | $210.75 | $210.75 | 1.0× |
| Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | 2 | $183.20 | $183.20 | $183.20 | 1.0× |
| Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH | 7 | $156.80 | $332.00 | $332.00 | 2.1× |
| Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO | 2 | $98.48 | $120.42 | $142.35 | 1.4× |
| Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | 1 | $183.20 | $183.20 | $183.20 | 1.0× |
| Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | 4 | $57.64 | $57.64 | $57.64 | 1.0× |
| Dubuque, IA | 1 | $183.20 | $183.20 | $183.20 | 1.0× |
| Duluth, MN-WI | 1 | $100.10 | $100.10 | $100.10 | 1.0× |
| Eagle River, WI single city | 1 | $119.60 | $119.60 | $119.60 | 1.0× |
| East Amery, WI single city | 1 | $61.00 | $61.00 | $61.00 | 1.0× |
| Eau Claire, WI | 2 | $66.50 | $93.05 | $119.60 | 1.8× |
| Elizabeth City, NC | 1 | $146.00 | $146.00 | $146.00 | 1.0× |
| Evansville, IN | 1 | $64.75 | $64.75 | $64.75 | 1.0× |
| Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR | 1 | $18.45 | $18.45 | $18.45 | 1.0× |
| Fort Dodge, IA | 1 | $183.20 | $183.20 | $183.20 | 1.0× |
| Fort Wayne, IN | 4 | $28.08 | $31.59 | $35.10 | 1.2× |
| Fresno, CA | 1 | $146.72 | $146.72 | $146.72 | 1.0× |
| Gassaway, WV single city | 1 | $46.50 | $46.50 | $46.50 | 1.0× |
| Grinnell, IA single city | 1 | $183.20 | $183.20 | $183.20 | 1.0× |
| Green Bay, WI | 1 | $62.04 | $62.04 | $62.04 | 1.0× |
| Greeneville, TN | 1 | $58.35 | $58.35 | $58.35 | 1.0× |
| Hartford, CT single city | 1 | $135.00 | $135.00 | $135.00 | 1.0× |
| Hailey, ID | 1 | $612.00 | $612.00 | $612.00 | 1.0× |
| Hammond, LA | 1 | $96.14 | $96.14 | $96.14 | 1.0× |
| Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | 1 | $38.10 | $38.10 | $38.10 | 1.0× |
| Henderson, KY | 1 | $64.75 | $64.75 | $64.75 | 1.0× |
| Houghton, MI | 1 | $119.60 | $119.60 | $119.60 | 1.0× |
| Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | 2 | $123.66 | $123.66 | $123.66 | 1.0× |
| Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | 1 | $81.17 | $81.17 | $81.17 | 1.0× |
| Iron River, MI single city | 1 | $119.60 | $119.60 | $119.60 | 1.0× |
| Ironwood, MI single city | 1 | $119.60 | $119.60 | $119.60 | 1.0× |
| Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY | 1 | $30.58 | $30.58 | $30.58 | 1.0× |
| Jasper, IN | 1 | $64.75 | $64.75 | $64.75 | 1.0× |
| Joplin, MO-KS | 2 | $50.70 | $81.95 | $113.19 | 2.2× |
| Kansas City, MO-KS | 2 | $93.60 | $93.60 | $93.60 | 1.0× |
| Killeen-Temple, TX | 3 | $196.23 | $196.23 | $196.23 | 1.0× |
| Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA | 3 | $58.35 | $58.35 | $58.35 | 1.0× |
| Ladysmith, WI single city | 1 | $66.50 | $66.50 | $66.50 | 1.0× |
| La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN | 1 | $53.60 | $53.60 | $53.60 | 1.0× |
| LaGrange, GA-AL | 1 | $161.46 | $161.46 | $161.46 | 1.0× |
| Lima, OH | 1 | $149.40 | $149.40 | $149.40 | 1.0× |
| Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR | 2 | $18.45 | $63.53 | $108.60 | 5.9× |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | 11 | $292.24 | $292.24 | $1,085.20 | 3.7× |
| Magazine, AR single city | 1 | $148.50 | $148.50 | $148.50 | 1.0× |
| Mansfield, AR single city | 1 | $148.50 | $148.50 | $148.50 | 1.0× |
| Marble Falls, TX single city | 1 | $196.23 | $196.23 | $196.23 | 1.0× |
| McCall, ID single city | 1 | $612.00 | $612.00 | $612.00 | 1.0× |
| Medford, WI single city | 1 | $119.60 | $119.60 | $119.60 | 1.0× |
| Merrill, WI single city | 1 | $119.60 | $119.60 | $119.60 | 1.0× |
| Minocqua, WI single city | 1 | $66.50 | $66.50 | $66.50 | 1.0× |
| Morganfield, KY single city | 1 | $64.75 | $64.75 | $64.75 | 1.0× |
| Madison, WI | 1 | $119.60 | $119.60 | $119.60 | 1.0× |
| Marietta, OH | 2 | $67.25 | $79.52 | $91.79 | 1.4× |
| Marion-Herrin, IL | 1 | $64.75 | $64.75 | $64.75 | 1.0× |
| Marshalltown, IA | 1 | $183.20 | $183.20 | $183.20 | 1.0× |
| Massena-Ogdensburg, NY | 1 | $288.84 | $288.84 | $288.84 | 1.0× |
| McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | 1 | $97.90 | $97.90 | $97.90 | 1.0× |
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 1 | $84.04 | $84.04 | $84.04 | 1.0× |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | 1 | $481.65 | $481.65 | $481.65 | 1.0× |
| Michigan City-La Porte, IN | 1 | $46.86 | $46.86 | $46.86 | 1.0× |
| Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI | 2 | $89.24 | $98.37 | $107.50 | 1.2× |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 3 | $50.18 | $157.66 | $241.00 | 4.8× |
| Modesto, CA | 1 | $146.72 | $146.72 | $146.72 | 1.0× |
| Morgantown, WV | 1 | $170.00 | $170.00 | $170.00 | 1.0× |
| Mount Vernon, IL | 1 | $64.75 | $64.75 | $64.75 | 1.0× |
| Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA | 1 | $114.40 | $114.40 | $114.40 | 1.0× |
| Muscatine, IA | 1 | $183.20 | $183.20 | $183.20 | 1.0× |
| Neillsville, WI single city | 1 | $66.50 | $66.50 | $66.50 | 1.0× |
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | 2 | $70.18 | $100.43 | $130.68 | 1.9× |
| New Orleans-Metairie, LA | 8 | $24.08 | $54.13 | $89.91 | 3.7× |
| New Philadelphia-Dover, OH | 1 | $385.45 | $385.45 | $385.45 | 1.0× |
| New Ulm, MN | 1 | $23.02 | $23.02 | $23.02 | 1.0× |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | 39 | $50.47 | $152.50 | $586.48 | 11.6× |
| Ontario, CA single city | 1 | $292.24 | $292.24 | $292.24 | 1.0× |
| Oklahoma City, OK | 1 | $158.25 | $158.25 | $158.25 | 1.0× |
| Omaha, NE-IA | 2 | $130.00 | $130.00 | $130.00 | 1.0× |
| Orangeburg, SC | 1 | $74.00 | $74.00 | $74.00 | 1.0× |
| Paris, AR single city | 1 | $148.50 | $148.50 | $148.50 | 1.0× |
| Park Falls, WI single city | 1 | $66.50 | $66.50 | $66.50 | 1.0× |
| Petersburg, WV single city | 1 | $74.40 | $74.40 | $74.40 | 1.0× |
| Pikeville, TN single city | 1 | $52.31 | $52.31 | $52.31 | 1.0× |
| Presque Isle, ME single city | 1 | $21.00 | $21.00 | $21.00 | 1.0× |
| Princeton, IN single city | 1 | $64.75 | $64.75 | $64.75 | 1.0× |
| Parkersburg-Vienna, WV | 1 | $78.00 | $78.00 | $78.00 | 1.0× |
| Peru, IN | 1 | $58.50 | $58.50 | $58.50 | 1.0× |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 5 | $80.80 | $80.80 | $80.80 | 1.0× |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | 1 | $163.38 | $163.38 | $163.38 | 1.0× |
| Plainview, TX | 1 | $61.32 | $61.32 | $61.32 | 1.0× |
| Port St. Lucie, FL | 1 | $481.65 | $481.65 | $481.65 | 1.0× |
| Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | 6 | $128.70 | $160.55 | $160.55 | 1.2× |
| Rhinelander, WI single city | 1 | $119.60 | $119.60 | $119.60 | 1.0× |
| Richmond, CA single city | 1 | $146.72 | $146.72 | $146.72 | 1.0× |
| Ripley, WV single city | 1 | $50.50 | $50.50 | $50.50 | 1.0× |
| Reno, NV | 1 | $218.00 | $218.00 | $218.00 | 1.0× |
| Rice Lake, WI | 1 | $66.50 | $66.50 | $66.50 | 1.0× |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 4 | $216.52 | $292.24 | $292.24 | 1.3× |
| Rochester, NY | 4 | $74.50 | $274.55 | $391.06 | 5.2× |
| Sistersville, WV single city | 1 | $140.11 | $140.11 | $140.11 | 1.0× |
| Sneedville, TN single city | 1 | $57.04 | $57.04 | $57.04 | 1.0× |
| Suffolk, VA single city | 1 | $152.50 | $152.50 | $152.50 | 1.0× |
| Summersville, WV single city | 1 | $50.50 | $50.50 | $50.50 | 1.0× |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | 3 | $146.72 | $146.72 | $146.72 | 1.0× |
| Salem, OR | 1 | $160.55 | $160.55 | $160.55 | 1.0× |
| San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 1 | $131.67 | $131.67 | $131.67 | 1.0× |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA | 5 | $57.75 | $292.24 | $292.24 | 5.1× |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | 9 | $146.72 | $146.72 | $146.72 | 1.0× |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 3 | $111.20 | $146.72 | $146.72 | 1.3× |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | 1 | $146.72 | $146.72 | $146.72 | 1.0× |
| Sayre, PA | 3 | $138.18 | $138.18 | $138.18 | 1.0× |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 2 | $72.42 | $111.66 | $150.90 | 2.1× |
| Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL | 1 | $481.65 | $481.65 | $481.65 | 1.0× |
| Shelbyville, TN | 1 | $70.18 | $70.18 | $70.18 | 1.0× |
| Sioux City, IA-NE-SD | 1 | $183.20 | $183.20 | $183.20 | 1.0× |
| Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA | 1 | $24.08 | $24.08 | $24.08 | 1.0× |
| Springfield, MA | 1 | $243.00 | $243.00 | $243.00 | 1.0× |
| Springfield, MO | 2 | $50.70 | $50.70 | $50.70 | 1.0× |
| Stevens Point-Plover, WI | 3 | $66.50 | $119.60 | $119.60 | 1.8× |
| Stockton-Lodi, CA | 1 | $146.72 | $146.72 | $146.72 | 1.0× |
| Temple, TX single city | 1 | $196.23 | $196.23 | $196.23 | 1.0× |
| Tomahawk, WI single city | 1 | $119.60 | $119.60 | $119.60 | 1.0× |
| Two Harbors, MN single city | 1 | $151.43 | $151.43 | $151.43 | 1.0× |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 1 | $51.10 | $51.10 | $51.10 | 1.0× |
| Toledo, OH | 1 | $168.00 | $168.00 | $168.00 | 1.0× |
| Traverse City, MI | 1 | $177.65 | $177.65 | $177.65 | 1.0× |
| Truckee-Grass Valley, CA | 1 | $218.00 | $218.00 | $218.00 | 1.0× |
| Tullahoma-Manchester, TN | 1 | $70.18 | $70.18 | $70.18 | 1.0× |
| Twin Falls, ID | 1 | $612.00 | $612.00 | $612.00 | 1.0× |
| Valdez, AK single city | 1 | $240.24 | $240.24 | $240.24 | 1.0× |
| Vallejo, CA | 2 | $146.72 | $146.72 | $146.72 | 1.0× |
| Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC | 5 | $152.50 | $152.50 | $152.50 | 1.0× |
| Winamac, IN single city | 1 | $294.35 | $294.35 | $294.35 | 1.0× |
| Woodruff, WI single city | 1 | $119.60 | $119.60 | $119.60 | 1.0× |
| Waco, TX | 1 | $196.23 | $196.23 | $196.23 | 1.0× |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 2 | $46.50 | $99.50 | $152.50 | 3.3× |
| Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA | 1 | $183.20 | $183.20 | $183.20 | 1.0× |
| Wausau, WI | 2 | $66.50 | $93.05 | $119.60 | 1.8× |
| Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA | 1 | $171.00 | $171.00 | $171.00 | 1.0× |
| Wheeling, WV-OH | 1 | $50.50 | $50.50 | $50.50 | 1.0× |
| Wisconsin Rapids-Marshfield, WI | 2 | $66.50 | $93.05 | $119.60 | 1.8× |
| Worcester, MA | 1 | $324.00 | $324.00 | $324.00 | 1.0× |
| Yuma, AZ | 1 | $126.10 | $126.10 | $126.10 | 1.0× |
Common questions
How is it different from 92014?
92014 is a comprehensive exam.
Is refraction included?
Usually not.
How much does Medicare pay for CPT 92012 (Eye exam (follow-up))?
$136.02 is Medicare's 2026 national base rate for this service in a hospital outpatient department, including the patient's share and before the local wage adjustment. The median hospital cash price, $146.72 across 371 hospitals, is 1.1× that.
Other eye exam prices
Median hospital cash price, one per hospital.