Eye exam (follow-up) cost in South Carolina
In South Carolina, 6 hospitals publish a cash price for eye exam, returning patient, intermediate: from $53.50 to $166.50, with a median of $120.25. The lowest price is at MUSC Health Black River Medical Center (Cades). The highest price is 3.1× the lowest.
- The median here, $120.25, is 18% below the US median of $146.72.
- That is 0.9× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($136.02).
- South Carolina ranks 11th of 23 states by median, cheapest first.
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
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 8, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$53.50MUSC Health Black River Medical Center
Median$120.25half of hospitals charge less
Highest$166.50in South Carolina
Lowest saves$66.75vs the median
Hospitals in South Carolina, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSC Health Black River Medical Center lowest Cades · Cades, SC HB EYE EXAM INTERMEDIATE ESTABLIS | $53.50 | $107.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| MUSC Health - Orangeburg Orangeburg · Orangeburg, SC HB EYE EXAM INTERMEDIATE ESTABLIS | $74.00 | $148.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| MUSC Medical Center Charleston · Charleston-North Charleston, SC HB EYE EXAM INTERMEDIATE ESTABLIS | $74.00 | $148.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| AnMed Health Anderson · Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC HC Ophth Medical Xm&Eval Intermediate Estab Pt | $166.50 | $333.00 | Mar 6, 2026 source file |
| AnMed Health Cannon Pickens · Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC HC Ophth Medical Xm&Eval Intermediate Estab Pt | $166.50 | $333.00 | Mar 6, 2026 source file |
| AnMed Piedmont Piedmont · Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC HC Ophth Medical Xm&Eval Intermediate Estab Pt | $166.50 | $333.00 | Mar 6, 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
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC | 3 | $166.50 | $166.50 |
| Cades, SC | 1 | $53.50 | $53.50 |
| Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 1 | $74.00 | $74.00 |
| Orangeburg, SC | 1 | $74.00 | $74.00 |
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 (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 Jersey$142.76
- 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 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.