Eye exam (comprehensive) cost in Massachusetts
In Massachusetts, 9 hospitals publish a cash price for comprehensive eye exam, returning patient: from $32.90 to $427.00, with a median of $221.00. The lowest price is at Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital (Brockton). The highest price is 13.0× the lowest.
- The median here, $221.00, is 34% above the US median of $165.45.
- That is 1.6× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($136.02).
- Massachusetts ranks 18th of 22 states by median, cheapest first.
- 6 of 9 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 92014. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Sep 27, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$32.90Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital
Median$221.00half of hospitals charge less
Highest$427.00in Massachusetts
Lowest saves$188.10vs the median
Hospitals in Massachusetts, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital lowest Brockton · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH EYE EX & EVL; EST PT CMPRHNSV | $32.90 | $47.00 | Jan 28, 2026 source file |
| Tufts Medical Center Boston · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH HC Ophth Medical Xm&Eval Comprhnsv Estab Pt 1/> | $103.60 | $148.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Cambridge Health Alliance Cambridge · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH HC Established Pt Comprehensive | $150.00 | $150.00 | Mar 20, 2026 source file |
| Boston Medical Center Boston · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH HC Ophth Medical Xm&Eval Comprhnsv Estab Pt 1/> | $164.70 | $366.00 | Mar 13, 2026 source file |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH HC OPHTH SVCS MEDICAL EXAM AND EVAL COMP EST PT | $221.00 | $221.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Holyoke Medical Center Holyoke · Springfield, MA Eye Exam Established Comp | $255.00 | $255.00 | May 1, 2026 source file |
| Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington Burlington · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH HC OPHTH SVCS MEDICAL EXAM AND EVAL COMP EST PT | $258.00 | $258.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| New England Baptist Hospital Boston · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH HC OPHTH SVCS MEDICAL EXAM AND EVAL COMP EST PT | $356.00 | $356.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| UMass Memorial Medical Center Worcester · Worcester, MA HC Opthal Service Comp Est Pt | $427.00 | $427.00 | Mar 26, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | 7 | $32.90 | $164.70 |
| Springfield, MA | 1 | $255.00 | $255.00 |
| Worcester, MA | 1 | $427.00 | $427.00 |
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 (comprehensive) is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Eye exam (comprehensive) explained.
Comprehensive eye exam, returning patient in other states
- Alabama$129.00, 3 hospitals
- Alaska$407.58, 2 hospitals
- Arizona$163.38, 3 hospitals
- Arkansas$108.60
- California$207.20
- Colorado$134.72, 2 hospitals
- Connecticut$198.00, 1 hospital
- Delaware$550.00, 1 hospital
- District of Columbia$263.03, 2 hospitals
- Florida$263.25
- Georgia$113.10
- Idaho$612.00
- Illinois$119.36
- Indiana$294.35, 1 hospital
- Iowa$233.10, 3 hospitals
- Louisiana$64.16
- Maine$97.76, 2 hospitals
- Maryland$213.66, 1 hospital
- Michigan$140.18
- Minnesota$126.98
- Mississippi$116.00
- Missouri$105.90
- Montana$178.40, 3 hospitals
- Nebraska$162.50, 2 hospitals
- Nevada$347.00, 1 hospital
- New Jersey$142.64
- New Mexico$207.15, 2 hospitals
- New York$195.22
- North Carolina$90.84, 1 hospital
- North Dakota$121.30, 4 hospitals
- Ohio$231.00
- Oklahoma$287.85, 3 hospitals
- Oregon$98.15, 2 hospitals
- Pennsylvania$122.40
- South Carolina$74.00, 3 hospitals
- South Dakota$75.50, 1 hospital
- Tennessee$79.20
- Texas$228.00
- Vermont$98.31, 2 hospitals
- Virginia$171.00
- Washington$145.63
- West Virginia$115.15
- Wisconsin$102.02
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.