Eye exam (comprehensive) cost in Washington
In Washington, 8 hospitals publish a cash price for comprehensive eye exam, returning patient: from $72.42 to $256.00, with a median of $145.63. The lowest price is at Virginia Mason Medical Center (Seattle). The highest price is 3.5× the lowest.
- The median here, $145.63, is 12% below the US median of $165.45.
- That is 1.1× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($136.02).
- Washington ranks 14th of 22 states by median, cheapest first.
- 1 of 8 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Washington law (RCW 70.170.060) requires hospital charity care: patients with family income up to 300% of the federal poverty level owe nothing at hospitals in large health systems (200% at other hospitals), with 75% and 50% discounts up to 400% (300% at other hospitals). It covers the part of the bill a patient owes, insured or not. Ask the hospital for its charity care application. Other states' laws.
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 Nov 6, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$72.42Virginia Mason Medical Center
Median$145.63half of hospitals charge less
Highest$256.00in Washington
Lowest saves$73.21vs the median
Hospitals in Washington, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia Mason Medical Center lowest Seattle · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA OPHTHALMOLOGICAL EVAL AND EXAM, COMPREHENSIVE, EST PT | $72.42 | $142.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Valley Medical Center Renton · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Oph Svcs Medical Xm&Eval Compre Est Pt 1/>Vst | $86.10 | $123.00 | Mar 12, 2026 source file |
| Skagit Valley Hospital Mount Vernon · Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA HC EYE EXAM,COMP-EST PATIENT | $114.40 | $143.00 | Mar 26, 2026 source file |
| Astria Toppenish Hospital Toppenish · Yakima, WA 92014 Eye exam comprehensive established patient | $120.25 | $185.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Confluence Health Hospital Wenatchee · Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA HC Eye Exam, Est Patient,Comprehesv--Pbb | $171.00 | $190.00 | Aug 10, 2026 source file |
| Seattle Children's Hospital Seattle · Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Oph Med Exam & Eval Comp Est Pt >=1 Visit | $208.90 | $208.90 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Mason General Hospital & Family of Clinics Shelton · Shelton, WA 92014 Ophthalmological services: medical examination and evaluation, with initiation or continuation | $217.05 | $289.40 | Mar 10, 2026 source file |
| Klickitat Valley Hospital Goldendale · Goldendale, WA COMP. OPHTH. SERVICE, EST PT | $256.00 | $320.00 | Dec 2, 2024 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 3 | $72.42 | $86.10 |
| Goldendale, WA | 1 | $256.00 | $256.00 |
| Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA | 1 | $114.40 | $114.40 |
| Shelton, WA | 1 | $217.05 | $217.05 |
| Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA | 1 | $171.00 | $171.00 |
| Yakima, WA | 1 | $120.25 | $120.25 |
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
- Massachusetts$221.00
- 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
- West Virginia$115.15
- Wisconsin$102.02
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.