Eye exam (follow-up) cost in New Jersey
In New Jersey, 15 hospitals publish a cash price for eye exam, returning patient, intermediate: from $47.37 to $251.00, with a median of $142.76. The lowest price is at Jersey City Medical Center (Jersey City). The highest price is 5.3× the lowest.
- The median here, $142.76, is 3% below the US median of $146.72.
- That is about the same as Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($136.02).
- New Jersey ranks 13th of 23 states by median, cheapest first.
- 2 of 15 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Why New Jersey prices look low: under state law (P.L.2008, c.60), a hospital may not charge an uninsured New Jersey resident whose family income is below 500% of the federal poverty level more than 115% of what Medicare pays for the same service. If that is you, ask the hospital's billing office to apply this limit; a separate physician fee may still apply. Other states' laws.
Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 92012. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 11, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$47.37Jersey City Medical Center
Median$142.76half of hospitals charge less
Highest$251.00in New Jersey
Lowest saves$95.39vs the median
Hospitals in New Jersey, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jersey City Medical Center lowest Jersey City · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC Ophth Medical Xm&Eval Intermediate Estab Pt | $47.37 | $228.00 | Mar 4, 2026 source file |
| JFK University Medical Center Edison · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ OPHTH MEDICAL XM&EVAL INTERMEDIATE ESTAB PT | $128.87 | $372.00 | Dec 31, 2025 source file |
| Ocean Medical Center Brick · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ OPHTH MEDICAL XM&EVAL INTERMEDIATE ESTAB PT | $128.87 | $372.00 | Dec 31, 2025 source file |
| Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ OPHTH MEDICAL XM&EVAL INTERMEDIATE ESTAB PT | $140.84 | $372.00 | Dec 31, 2025 source file |
| Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ OPHTH MEDICAL XM&EVAL INTERMEDIATE ESTAB PT | $142.64 | $372.00 | Dec 31, 2025 source file |
| Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ OPHTH MEDICAL XM&EVAL INTERMEDIATE ESTAB PT | $142.64 | $372.00 | Dec 31, 2025 source file |
| Riverview Medical Center Red Bank · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ OPHTH MEDICAL XM&EVAL INTERMEDIATE ESTAB PT | $142.64 | $372.00 | Dec 31, 2025 source file |
| Old Bridge Medical Center Old Bridge · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ OPHTH MEDICAL XM&EVAL INTERMEDIATE ESTAB PT | $142.76 | $372.00 | Dec 31, 2025 source file |
| Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ OPHTH MEDICAL XM&EVAL INTERMEDIATE ESTAB PT | $142.76 | $372.00 | Dec 31, 2025 source file |
| Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ OPHTH MEDICAL XM&EVAL INTERMEDIATE ESTAB PT | $151.77 | $372.00 | Dec 31, 2025 source file |
| Palisades Medical Center North Bergen · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ OPHTH MEDICAL XM&EVAL INTERMEDIATE ESTAB PT | $151.77 | $372.00 | Dec 31, 2025 source file |
| Shore Memorial Hospital Somers Point · Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ INTRM OPH EXAM EST PATIENT | $172.26 | — | Aug 30, 2026 source file |
| University Hospital Newark · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ OPH SVCS MEDICAL XM&EVAL INTERMEDIATE EST PT | $178.43 | $459.86 | Aug 13, 2026 source file |
| Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Middletown · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC Eye Exam Establish Patient | $251.00 | $251.00 | Dec 1, 2025 source file |
| Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Basking Ridge · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC Eye Exam Establish Patient | $251.00 | $251.00 | Dec 1, 2025 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | 14 | $47.37 | $142.70 |
| Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ | 1 | $172.26 | $172.26 |
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 (follow-up) is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Eye exam (follow-up) explained.
Eye exam, returning patient, intermediate in other states
- Alabama$129.00, 3 hospitals
- Alaska$240.24, 3 hospitals
- Arizona$163.38, 3 hospitals
- Arkansas$108.60
- California$162.46
- Colorado$120.42, 2 hospitals
- Connecticut$135.00, 1 hospital
- District of Columbia$211.43, 2 hospitals
- Florida$303.83
- Georgia$161.46
- Idaho$612.00
- Illinois$116.80
- Indiana$1,806.68, 2 hospitals
- Iowa$233.10, 3 hospitals
- Kansas$113.19, 1 hospital
- Kentucky$136.50, 1 hospital
- Louisiana$64.16
- Maine$71.72, 2 hospitals
- Massachusetts$155.45
- Michigan$119.60
- Minnesota$100.10
- Mississippi$122.50
- Missouri$113.19
- Montana$118.40, 3 hospitals
- Nebraska$130.00, 3 hospitals
- Nevada$229.00, 1 hospital
- New Mexico$111.65, 1 hospital
- New York$230.00
- North Carolina$146.00, 1 hospital
- North Dakota$84.40, 4 hospitals
- Ohio$304.75
- Oklahoma$262.74, 3 hospitals
- Oregon$99.45, 2 hospitals
- Pennsylvania$80.80
- South Carolina$120.25
- South Dakota$75.50, 1 hospital
- Tennessee$79.80
- Texas$196.23
- Vermont$80.47, 2 hospitals
- Virginia$152.50
- Washington$147.75
- West Virginia$81.17
- Wisconsin$102.02
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.