Eye exam (follow-up) cost in Texas
In Texas, 28 hospitals publish a cash price for eye exam, returning patient, intermediate: from $50.00 to $1,046.76, with a median of $196.23. The lowest price is at Nacogdoches Memorial Hospital (Nacogdoches). The highest price is 20.9× the lowest.
- The median here, $196.23, is 34% above the US median of $146.72.
- That is 1.4× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($136.02).
- Texas ranks 19th 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 11, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$50.00Nacogdoches Memorial Hospital
Median$196.23half of hospitals charge less
Highest$1,046.76in Texas
Lowest saves$146.23vs the median
Hospitals in Texas, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nacogdoches Memorial Hospital lowest Nacogdoches · Nacogdoches, TX Intermediate | $50.00 | $168.00 | — source file |
| Covenant Hospital Plainview Plainview · Plainview, TX HC PR 92012 EST PAT INTERMED OPHTHALMOLOGY CDM | $61.32 | $146.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Driscoll Childrens Hospital Corpus Christi · Corpus Christi, TX Opthalmological Visit, Established, Intermediate | $85.14 | $425.70 | Oct 6, 2025 source file |
| Parkland Health Dallas · Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Established patient problem focused exam of visual system | $94.40 | $236.00 | Oct 16, 2026 source file |
| Driscoll Children's Hospital Rio Grande Valley Edinburg · McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Opthalmological Visit, Established, Intermediate | $97.90 | $489.50 | Oct 6, 2025 source file |
| Harris Health Taub Loop Houston · Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX ECHG OPHT EST PATIENT EXAM - INTERMEDIATE | $123.66 | $209.00 | Mar 24, 2026 source file |
| Harris Health Houston · Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX ECHG OPHT NEW PATIENT EXAM (92002) - INTERMEDIATE | $123.66 | $209.00 | Mar 24, 2026 source file |
| Santa Rosa Hospital - Westover Hills San Antonio · San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX HC 92012 OPH MEDICAL XM&EVAL INTRM EST PT | $131.67 | $399.00 | Jan 13, 2026 source file |
| Baylor Scott & White Continuing Care Hospital Temple · Killeen-Temple, TX HC OPHTHAL.SERVICE,INTERMED/EST.P | $196.23 | $327.05 | Jun 12, 2026 source file |
| Baylor Scott & White Emergency Medical Center - Cedar Park Cedar Park · Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX HC OPHTHAL.SERVICE,INTERMED/EST.P | $196.23 | $327.05 | Jun 3, 2026 source file |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Austin Austin · Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX HC OPHTHAL.SERVICE,INTERMED/EST.P | $196.23 | $327.05 | Jun 13, 2026 source file |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Buda Buda · Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX HC OPHTHAL.SERVICE,INTERMED/EST.P | $196.23 | $327.05 | Jun 13, 2026 source file |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - College Station College Station · College Station-Bryan, TX HC OPHTHAL.SERVICE,INTERMED/EST.P | $196.23 | $327.05 | Jun 12, 2026 source file |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Hillcrest Waco · Waco, TX HC OPHTHAL.SERVICE,INTERMED/EST.P | $196.23 | $327.05 | Jun 13, 2026 source file |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Lakeway Lakeway · Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX HC OPHTHAL.SERVICE,INTERMED/EST.P | $196.23 | $327.05 | Jun 13, 2026 source file |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Marble Falls Marble Falls · Marble Falls, TX HC OPHTHAL.SERVICE,INTERMED/EST.P | $196.23 | $327.05 | Jun 13, 2026 source file |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Pflugerville Pflugerville · Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX HC OPHTHAL.SERVICE,INTERMED/EST.P | $196.23 | $327.05 | Jun 13, 2026 source file |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Round Rock Round Rock · Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX HC OPHTHAL.SERVICE,INTERMED/EST.P | $196.23 | $327.05 | Jun 13, 2026 source file |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Taylor Taylor · Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX HC OPHTHAL.SERVICE,INTERMED/EST.P | $196.23 | $327.05 | Oct 30, 2026 source file |
| Baylor Scott & White McLane Children's Medical Center Temple · Killeen-Temple, TX HC OPHTHAL.SERVICE,INTERMED/EST.P | $204.08 | $340.13 | Oct 30, 2026 source file |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Brenham Brenham · Brenham, TX HC OPHTHAL.SERVICE,INTERMED/EST.P | $204.08 | $340.13 | Oct 30, 2026 source file |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Temple Temple · Temple, TX HC OPHTHAL.SERVICE,INTERMED/EST.P | $204.08 | $340.13 | Oct 30, 2026 source file |
| Baylor Scott & White Pavilion - Temple Temple · Killeen-Temple, TX HC OPHTHAL.SERVICE,INTERMED/EST.P | $204.08 | $340.13 | Oct 29, 2026 source file |
| CHRISTUS Hospital - Orange Orange · Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX HC 92012 OPH MEDICAL XM&EVAL INTRM EST PT | $1,046.76 | $3,172.00 | Jan 13, 2026 source file |
| CHRISTUS West Beaumont Beaumont · Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX HC 92012 OPH MEDICAL XM&EVAL INTRM EST PT | $1,046.76 | $3,172.00 | Jan 13, 2026 source file |
| Christus Health Southeast Texas Beaumont · Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX HC 92012 OPH MEDICAL XM&EVAL INTRM EST PT | $1,046.76 | $3,172.00 | Jan 13, 2026 source file |
| Christus Health Southeast Texas Port Arthur · Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX HC 92012 OPH MEDICAL XM&EVAL INTRM EST PT | $1,046.76 | $3,172.00 | Jan 13, 2026 source file |
| Southeast Texas Orthopedic Specialty Center Port Arthur · Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX HC 92012 OPH MEDICAL XM&EVAL INTRM EST PT | $1,046.76 | $3,172.00 | Jan 13, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | 7 | $196.23 | $196.23 |
| Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX | 5 | $1,046.76 | $1,046.76 |
| Killeen-Temple, TX | 3 | $196.23 | $204.08 |
| Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | 2 | $123.66 | $123.66 |
| Brenham, TX | 1 | $204.08 | $204.08 |
| College Station-Bryan, TX | 1 | $196.23 | $196.23 |
| Corpus Christi, TX | 1 | $85.14 | $85.14 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 1 | $94.40 | $94.40 |
| Marble Falls, TX | 1 | $196.23 | $196.23 |
| McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | 1 | $97.90 | $97.90 |
| Nacogdoches, TX | 1 | $50.00 | $50.00 |
| Plainview, TX | 1 | $61.32 | $61.32 |
| San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 1 | $131.67 | $131.67 |
| Temple, TX | 1 | $204.08 | $204.08 |
| Waco, TX | 1 | $196.23 | $196.23 |
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 Carolina$120.25
- South Dakota$75.50, 1 hospital
- Tennessee$79.80
- Vermont$80.47, 2 hospitals
- Virginia$152.50
- Washington$147.75
- West Virginia$81.17
- Wisconsin$95.63
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.