Retina OCT scan cost without insurance
The median hospital cash price for OCT scan of the retina (optical coherence tomography) is $93.00 across 369 US hospitals; most list between $37.70 and $297.50. The lowest outpatient cash price in any of 196 markets is $14.55. Prices come from each hospital's own price file; pick your area below to compare hospitals side by side.
Collected Nov 11, 2026 Each price links to its source file All Eye exam costs
Compared with Medicare
$60.27 is Medicare's 2026 national base rate for this service in a hospital outpatient department, including the patient's share and before the local wage adjustment. The median hospital cash price, $93.00 across 369 hospitals, is 1.5× that.
Researchers often measure hospital prices as a multiple of Medicare's rate, and it is a concrete number to mention when you ask a hospital for a cash discount. Source: CMS.
Cash or insurance?
If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you pay the rate your plan negotiated with the hospital, not the cash price. Hospital price files list those rates too: for retina OCT scan, the highest negotiated rate in a hospital's file has a median of $243.76 and the lowest a median of $35.81. At 228 of 252 hospitals that publish both, the cash price is below the highest negotiated rate.
With a high deductible, cash can cost less. But a cash payment may not count toward your deductible or out-of-pocket maximum: ask your plan for its rate at that hospital (most have a cost estimator) and whether it will credit a cash payment.
Plan's rate starts at the median highest negotiated rate and cash at the national median; put in your own numbers. Nothing you type leaves your device. To price a whole year with premiums, use the insurance or cash calculator.
What is CPT 92134?
An OCT scan takes cross-section images of the retina with light, to check macular degeneration and diabetic eye disease.
What the price covers
The price usually covers the scan and report for both eyes.
Why prices differ
Eye clinics often charge less than hospitals.
What to ask
Ask whether the self-pay price for CPT 92134 includes both eyes.
Prices by state
Among 25 states with at least 5 hospitals listing a cash price, the median is lowest in Idaho ($32.00), Tennessee ($38.83) and Wisconsin ($42.75), and highest in Mississippi ($604.58), Massachusetts ($225.00) and Michigan ($210.00).
Median outpatient cash price, one line per hospital. Pick a state to see every hospital, cheapest first.
- Alabama$604.58, 2 hospitals
- Alaska$215.00, 1 hospital
- Arizona$72.39, 1 hospital
- Arkansas$111.00
- California$123.70
- Colorado$226.82, 2 hospitals
- District of Columbia$119.50, 1 hospital
- Florida$65.00
- Georgia$179.00
- Hawaii$19.80, 1 hospital
- Idaho$32.00
- Illinois$93.86
- Indiana$147.70
- Iowa$231.25, 4 hospitals
- Kansas$63.39, 2 hospitals
- Kentucky$43.40
- Louisiana$61.04
- Maine$28.56, 1 hospital
- Massachusetts$225.00
- Michigan$210.00
- Minnesota$119.10
- Mississippi$604.58
- Missouri$73.45
- Nebraska$81.25, 3 hospitals
- Nevada$65.00, 1 hospital
- New Jersey$72.50
- New Mexico$66.00, 1 hospital
- New York$70.29
- North Carolina$95.09, 4 hospitals
- North Dakota$68.75, 4 hospitals
- Ohio$78.82
- Oklahoma$121.10, 1 hospital
- Oregon$178.10, 1 hospital
- Pennsylvania$152.40
- South Carolina$58.00
- South Dakota$33.50, 1 hospital
- Tennessee$38.83
- Texas$166.13
- Vermont$52.98, 1 hospital
- Virginia$93.00
- Washington$80.00
- West Virginia$139.75
- Wisconsin$42.75
Prices by market
Outpatient cash prices. “×” is how many times the highest price in that market exceeds the lowest.
| Market | Hospitals | Lowest | Median | Highest | × |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akron, OH | 2 | $361.50 | $396.38 | $431.25 | 1.2× |
| Akron, OH both sides | 2 | $105.00 | $141.23 | $177.45 | 1.7× |
| Albuquerque, NM | 1 | $66.00 | $66.00 | $66.00 | 1.0× |
| Alexandria, LA | 2 | $55.90 | $151.40 | $246.90 | 4.4× |
| Alexandria, LA both sides | 1 | $246.90 | $246.90 | $246.90 | 1.0× |
| Amory, MS single city | 1 | $604.58 | $604.58 | $604.58 | 1.0× |
| Anchorage, AK | 1 | $215.00 | $215.00 | $215.00 | 1.0× |
| Ann Arbor, MI | 1 | $138.80 | $138.80 | $138.80 | 1.0× |
| Antigo, WI single city | 1 | $37.70 | $37.70 | $37.70 | 1.0× |
| Ashland, WI single city | 1 | $52.17 | $52.17 | $52.17 | 1.0× |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | 7 | $179.00 | $179.00 | $179.00 | 1.0× |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA both sides | 10 | $69.00 | $79.56 | $79.56 | 1.2× |
| Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ | 1 | $76.33 | $76.33 | $76.33 | 1.0× |
| Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC both sides | 1 | $79.56 | $79.56 | $79.56 | 1.0× |
| Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | 7 | $162.51 | $162.51 | $169.01 | 1.0× |
| Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX both sides | 1 | $211.72 | $211.72 | $211.72 | 1.0× |
| Baker City, OR both sides | 1 | $25.35 | $25.35 | $25.35 | 1.0× |
| Bakersfield-Delano, CA both sides | 2 | $62.86 | $64.87 | $66.88 | 1.1× |
| Beaver Dam, WI | 1 | $66.50 | $66.50 | $66.50 | 1.0× |
| Bloomington, IL | 1 | $144.00 | $144.00 | $144.00 | 1.0× |
| Boise City, ID | 2 | $32.00 | $32.00 | $32.00 | 1.0× |
| Boise City, ID both sides | 2 | $44.85 | $44.85 | $44.85 | 1.0× |
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | 6 | $144.90 | $196.15 | $1,032.00 | 7.1× |
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH both sides | 1 | $582.00 | $582.00 | $582.00 | 1.0× |
| Bozeman, MT both sides | 2 | $96.80 | $96.80 | $96.80 | 1.0× |
| Brenham, TX | 1 | $172.78 | $172.78 | $172.78 | 1.0× |
| Brookings, SD | 1 | $33.50 | $33.50 | $33.50 | 1.0× |
| Buckhannon, WV single city | 1 | $182.00 | $182.00 | $182.00 | 1.0× |
| Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | 2 | $47.08 | $111.04 | $175.00 | 3.7× |
| Burlington-South Burlington, VT | 1 | $52.98 | $52.98 | $52.98 | 1.0× |
| Cades, SC single city | 1 | $47.00 | $47.00 | $47.00 | 1.0× |
| Canton-Massillon, OH both sides | 1 | $177.45 | $177.45 | $177.45 | 1.0× |
| Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | 4 | $65.00 | $65.00 | $65.00 | 1.0× |
| Champaign-Urbana, IL | 1 | $205.00 | $205.00 | $205.00 | 1.0× |
| Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 1 | $58.00 | $58.00 | $58.00 | 1.0× |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | 17 | $27.44 | $93.86 | $850.00 | 31.0× |
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 4 | $42.80 | $208.80 | $322.83 | 7.5× |
| Clarksburg, WV | 1 | $97.50 | $97.50 | $97.50 | 1.0× |
| Cleveland, OH | 1 | $142.28 | $142.28 | $142.28 | 1.0× |
| Cleveland, OH both sides | 20 | $60.90 | $105.00 | $177.45 | 2.9× |
| Clinton, MO single city | 1 | $40.34 | $40.34 | $40.34 | 1.0× |
| College Station-Bryan, TX | 1 | $166.13 | $166.13 | $166.13 | 1.0× |
| Columbia, MO both sides | 1 | $76.80 | $76.80 | $76.80 | 1.0× |
| Columbus, OH both sides | 1 | $180.00 | $180.00 | $180.00 | 1.0× |
| Corning, NY | 1 | $127.60 | $127.60 | $127.60 | 1.0× |
| Corpus Christi, TX | 1 | $63.14 | $63.14 | $63.14 | 1.0× |
| Cortland, NY | 1 | $127.60 | $127.60 | $127.60 | 1.0× |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 19 | $70.80 | $192.24 | $192.24 | 2.7× |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX both sides | 1 | $114.00 | $114.00 | $114.00 | 1.0× |
| Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH | 7 | $42.80 | $42.80 | $209.27 | 4.9× |
| Deckerville, MI both sides single city | 1 | $28.12 | $28.12 | $28.12 | 1.0× |
| Delhi, NY single city | 1 | $20.25 | $20.25 | $20.25 | 1.0× |
| Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO | 2 | $43.48 | $226.82 | $410.15 | 9.4× |
| Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | 1 | $165.00 | $165.00 | $165.00 | 1.0× |
| Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | 10 | $81.12 | $210.00 | $210.00 | 2.6× |
| Devils Lake, ND single city | 1 | $54.29 | $54.29 | $54.29 | 1.0× |
| Duluth, MN-WI | 1 | $31.55 | $31.55 | $31.55 | 1.0× |
| Duncan, OK | 1 | $121.10 | $121.10 | $121.10 | 1.0× |
| Durham, NC single city | 1 | $127.17 | $127.17 | $127.17 | 1.0× |
| Eagle River, WI single city | 1 | $37.70 | $37.70 | $37.70 | 1.0× |
| East Amery, WI single city | 1 | $35.46 | $35.46 | $35.46 | 1.0× |
| Eau Claire, WI | 2 | $37.70 | $40.23 | $42.75 | 1.1× |
| Erie, PA both sides | 1 | $86.00 | $86.00 | $86.00 | 1.0× |
| Fairfield, IA single city | 1 | $81.00 | $81.00 | $81.00 | 1.0× |
| Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR | 1 | $166.72 | $166.72 | $166.72 | 1.0× |
| Freeport, IL | 1 | $119.58 | $119.58 | $119.58 | 1.0× |
| Fresno, CA both sides | 1 | $185.92 | $185.92 | $185.92 | 1.0× |
| Goldendale, WA single city | 1 | $80.00 | $80.00 | $80.00 | 1.0× |
| Grand Forks, ND-MN | 1 | $54.29 | $54.29 | $54.29 | 1.0× |
| Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI both sides | 2 | $32.50 | $45.18 | $57.85 | 1.8× |
| Green Bay, WI | 1 | $76.86 | $76.86 | $76.86 | 1.0× |
| Hailey, ID | 1 | $32.00 | $32.00 | $32.00 | 1.0× |
| Hamilton, AL single city | 1 | $604.58 | $604.58 | $604.58 | 1.0× |
| Hammond, LA | 2 | $101.72 | $112.08 | $122.44 | 1.2× |
| Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | 1 | $127.88 | $127.88 | $127.88 | 1.0× |
| Houghton, MI | 1 | $37.70 | $37.70 | $37.70 | 1.0× |
| Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA | 1 | $52.64 | $52.64 | $52.64 | 1.0× |
| Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | 2 | $57.00 | $57.00 | $57.00 | 1.0× |
| Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX both sides | 1 | $211.72 | $211.72 | $211.72 | 1.0× |
| Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | 1 | $257.60 | $257.60 | $257.60 | 1.0× |
| Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN | 1 | $306.90 | $306.90 | $306.90 | 1.0× |
| Iowa City, IA | 2 | $297.50 | $297.50 | $297.50 | 1.0× |
| Iron River, MI single city | 1 | $37.70 | $37.70 | $37.70 | 1.0× |
| Ironwood, MI single city | 1 | $37.70 | $37.70 | $37.70 | 1.0× |
| Iuka, MS single city | 1 | $604.58 | $604.58 | $604.58 | 1.0× |
| Jackson, MS | 2 | $50.00 | $50.00 | $50.00 | 1.0× |
| Janesville-Beloit, WI | 1 | $45.20 | $45.20 | $45.20 | 1.0× |
| Joplin, MO-KS | 1 | $73.45 | $73.45 | $73.45 | 1.0× |
| Kansas City, MO-KS | 4 | $66.99 | $76.94 | $86.88 | 1.3× |
| Killeen-Temple, TX | 3 | $166.13 | $172.78 | $172.78 | 1.0× |
| Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY | 2 | $73.64 | $229.32 | $385.00 | 5.2× |
| La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN | 1 | $180.42 | $180.42 | $180.42 | 1.0× |
| Ladysmith, WI single city | 1 | $48.45 | $48.45 | $48.45 | 1.0× |
| LaGrange, GA-AL both sides | 1 | $79.56 | $79.56 | $79.56 | 1.0× |
| Lansing-East Lansing, MI both sides | 2 | $32.50 | $32.50 | $32.50 | 1.0× |
| Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT both sides | 2 | $62.00 | $78.43 | $94.86 | 1.5× |
| Lexington-Fayette, KY one side | 1 | $236.21 | $236.21 | $236.21 | 1.0× |
| Lexington-Fayette, KY both sides | 1 | $111.23 | $111.23 | $111.23 | 1.0× |
| Lima, OH | 1 | $70.20 | $70.20 | $70.20 | 1.0× |
| Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR | 3 | $111.00 | $111.00 | $166.72 | 1.5× |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | 2 | $674.17 | $730.96 | $787.75 | 1.2× |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA both sides | 12 | $75.00 | $187.20 | $187.20 | 2.5× |
| Louisville, KY single city | 1 | $43.40 | $43.40 | $43.40 | 1.0× |
| Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | 5 | $43.40 | $43.40 | $43.40 | 1.0× |
| Madison, MN one side single city | 1 | $138.55 | $138.55 | $138.55 | 1.0× |
| Madison, MN both sides single city | 1 | $90.95 | $90.95 | $90.95 | 1.0× |
| Madison, WI | 1 | $37.70 | $37.70 | $37.70 | 1.0× |
| Marble Falls, TX single city | 1 | $166.13 | $166.13 | $166.13 | 1.0× |
| Marietta, OH | 2 | $78.82 | $183.73 | $288.63 | 3.7× |
| Massena-Ogdensburg, NY | 1 | $43.43 | $43.43 | $43.43 | 1.0× |
| McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | 1 | $72.60 | $72.60 | $72.60 | 1.0× |
| McCall, ID single city | 1 | $32.00 | $32.00 | $32.00 | 1.0× |
| Medford, WI single city | 1 | $37.70 | $37.70 | $37.70 | 1.0× |
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 4 | $14.55 | $20.37 | $20.37 | 1.4× |
| Merced, CA both sides | 1 | $91.75 | $91.75 | $91.75 | 1.0× |
| Merrill, WI single city | 1 | $37.70 | $37.70 | $37.70 | 1.0× |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | 1 | $62.30 | $62.30 | $62.30 | 1.0× |
| Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI | 2 | $79.48 | $90.99 | $102.50 | 1.3× |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 8 | $119.09 | $119.24 | $126.52 | 1.1× |
| Minocqua, WI single city | 1 | $49.40 | $49.40 | $49.40 | 1.0× |
| Minot, ND | 2 | $83.20 | $83.20 | $83.20 | 1.0× |
| Modesto, CA both sides | 1 | $185.92 | $185.92 | $185.92 | 1.0× |
| Morgantown, WV | 1 | $199.50 | $199.50 | $199.50 | 1.0× |
| Morris, MN single city | 1 | $28.50 | $28.50 | $28.50 | 1.0× |
| Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA | 1 | $53.60 | $53.60 | $53.60 | 1.0× |
| Mullins, SC single city | 1 | $57.00 | $57.00 | $57.00 | 1.0× |
| Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC | 1 | $112.82 | $112.82 | $112.82 | 1.0× |
| Nacogdoches, TX | 1 | $23.00 | $23.00 | $23.00 | 1.0× |
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | 3 | $57.29 | $73.76 | $106.80 | 1.9× |
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN both sides | 1 | $184.44 | $184.44 | $184.44 | 1.0× |
| Neillsville, WI single city | 1 | $42.75 | $42.75 | $42.75 | 1.0× |
| New Orleans-Metairie, LA | 8 | $39.90 | $61.04 | $78.30 | 2.0× |
| New Philadelphia-Dover, OH both sides | 1 | $177.45 | $177.45 | $177.45 | 1.0× |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | 42 | $39.07 | $70.29 | $13,577.00 | 347.5× |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ both sides | 12 | $59.40 | $65.78 | $173.31 | 2.9× |
| Norton, KS single city | 1 | $39.90 | $39.90 | $39.90 | 1.0× |
| Ogallala, NE single city | 1 | $103.74 | $103.74 | $103.74 | 1.0× |
| Omaha, NE-IA | 2 | $81.25 | $81.25 | $81.25 | 1.0× |
| Oneonta, NY | 1 | $136.57 | $136.57 | $136.57 | 1.0× |
| Ontario, OR-ID both sides | 1 | $44.85 | $44.85 | $44.85 | 1.0× |
| Orangeburg, SC | 1 | $58.00 | $58.00 | $58.00 | 1.0× |
| Owosso, MI | 1 | $54.40 | $54.40 | $54.40 | 1.0× |
| Park Falls, WI single city | 1 | $42.75 | $42.75 | $42.75 | 1.0× |
| Parkersburg-Vienna, WV | 1 | $97.50 | $97.50 | $97.50 | 1.0× |
| Peoria, IL | 1 | $144.00 | $144.00 | $144.00 | 1.0× |
| Peoria, IL both sides | 1 | $204.00 | $204.00 | $204.00 | 1.0× |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 9 | $72.50 | $72.50 | $396.00 | 5.5× |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD both sides | 1 | $314.00 | $314.00 | $314.00 | 1.0× |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | 1 | $72.39 | $72.39 | $72.39 | 1.0× |
| Pittsburgh, PA | 2 | $152.40 | $176.40 | $200.40 | 1.3× |
| Plainview, TX | 1 | $33.60 | $33.60 | $33.60 | 1.0× |
| Platteville, WI | 1 | $79.50 | $79.50 | $79.50 | 1.0× |
| Pontotoc, MS single city | 1 | $604.58 | $604.58 | $604.58 | 1.0× |
| Port St. Lucie, FL both sides | 1 | $221.65 | $221.65 | $221.65 | 1.0× |
| Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | 1 | $178.10 | $178.10 | $178.10 | 1.0× |
| Presque Isle, ME single city | 1 | $28.56 | $28.56 | $28.56 | 1.0× |
| Providence-Warwick, RI-MA both sides | 2 | $582.00 | $582.00 | $582.00 | 1.0× |
| Raleigh-Cary, NC | 1 | $127.17 | $127.17 | $127.17 | 1.0× |
| Reading, PA | 1 | $100.40 | $100.40 | $100.40 | 1.0× |
| Reno, NV | 1 | $65.00 | $65.00 | $65.00 | 1.0× |
| Rhinelander, WI single city | 1 | $37.70 | $37.70 | $37.70 | 1.0× |
| Rice Lake, WI | 1 | $42.75 | $42.75 | $42.75 | 1.0× |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 2 | $320.00 | $324.50 | $329.00 | 1.0× |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA both sides | 5 | $75.00 | $187.20 | $187.20 | 2.5× |
| Rochester, MN | 1 | $74.91 | $74.91 | $74.91 | 1.0× |
| Rochester, NY | 3 | $192.19 | $192.19 | $419.90 | 2.2× |
| Rockford, IL | 1 | $47.46 | $47.46 | $47.46 | 1.0× |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA both sides | 3 | $185.92 | $185.92 | $185.92 | 1.0× |
| Salinas, CA | 1 | $93.75 | $93.75 | $93.75 | 1.0× |
| Salt Lake City-Murray, UT both sides | 1 | $154.00 | $154.00 | $154.00 | 1.0× |
| San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 1 | $41.75 | $41.75 | $41.75 | 1.0× |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA | 6 | $35.39 | $35.39 | $175.45 | 5.0× |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA both sides | 4 | $75.00 | $187.20 | $187.20 | 2.5× |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA one side | 2 | $274.00 | $274.00 | $274.00 | 1.0× |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA both sides | 12 | $185.92 | $185.92 | $276.00 | 1.5× |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 1 | $98.40 | $98.40 | $98.40 | 1.0× |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA both sides | 2 | $185.92 | $185.92 | $185.92 | 1.0× |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA both sides | 1 | $185.92 | $185.92 | $185.92 | 1.0× |
| Sayre, PA | 3 | $127.60 | $127.60 | $127.60 | 1.0× |
| Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA both sides | 1 | $188.00 | $188.00 | $188.00 | 1.0× |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 3 | $48.30 | $109.65 | $348.00 | 7.2× |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA both sides | 1 | $160.00 | $160.00 | $160.00 | 1.0× |
| Shelbyville, TN both sides | 1 | $184.44 | $184.44 | $184.44 | 1.0× |
| Shelton, WA | 1 | $194.03 | $194.03 | $194.03 | 1.0× |
| Sistersville, WV single city | 1 | $72.51 | $72.51 | $72.51 | 1.0× |
| Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA | 1 | $61.04 | $61.04 | $61.04 | 1.0× |
| Springfield, MO | 3 | $73.45 | $73.45 | $92.80 | 1.3× |
| Starkville, MS | 1 | $604.58 | $604.58 | $604.58 | 1.0× |
| Stevens Point-Plover, WI | 3 | $37.70 | $37.70 | $40.85 | 1.1× |
| Stockton-Lodi, CA both sides | 2 | $93.26 | $139.59 | $185.92 | 2.0× |
| Suffolk, VA single city | 1 | $93.00 | $93.00 | $93.00 | 1.0× |
| Summersville, WV single city | 1 | $320.50 | $320.50 | $320.50 | 1.0× |
| Temple, TX single city | 1 | $172.78 | $172.78 | $172.78 | 1.0× |
| Tomahawk, WI single city | 1 | $37.70 | $37.70 | $37.70 | 1.0× |
| Truckee-Grass Valley, CA | 1 | $65.00 | $65.00 | $65.00 | 1.0× |
| Tullahoma-Manchester, TN both sides | 1 | $184.44 | $184.44 | $184.44 | 1.0× |
| Tupelo, MS | 1 | $604.58 | $604.58 | $604.58 | 1.0× |
| Twin Falls, ID | 1 | $32.00 | $32.00 | $32.00 | 1.0× |
| Two Harbors, MN single city | 1 | $47.73 | $47.73 | $47.73 | 1.0× |
| Urban Honolulu, HI | 1 | $19.80 | $19.80 | $19.80 | 1.0× |
| Urban Honolulu, HI both sides | 1 | $82.50 | $82.50 | $82.50 | 1.0× |
| Vallejo, CA both sides | 2 | $185.92 | $185.92 | $185.92 | 1.0× |
| Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC | 6 | $93.00 | $93.00 | $93.00 | 1.0× |
| Visalia, CA | 1 | $149.00 | $149.00 | $149.00 | 1.0× |
| Waco, TX | 1 | $166.13 | $166.13 | $166.13 | 1.0× |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 7 | $93.00 | $119.00 | $119.50 | 1.3× |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV both sides | 1 | $193.23 | $193.23 | $193.23 | 1.0× |
| Wausau, WI | 2 | $37.70 | $44.50 | $51.30 | 1.4× |
| Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA | 1 | $66.60 | $66.60 | $66.60 | 1.0× |
| West Point, MS single city | 1 | $604.58 | $604.58 | $604.58 | 1.0× |
| Wheeling, WV-OH | 1 | $89.50 | $89.50 | $89.50 | 1.0× |
| Whitehall, WI single city | 1 | $45.01 | $45.01 | $45.01 | 1.0× |
| Winamac, IN single city | 1 | $136.22 | $136.22 | $136.22 | 1.0× |
| Winfield, AL single city | 1 | $604.58 | $604.58 | $604.58 | 1.0× |
| Winston-Salem, NC | 2 | $59.50 | $61.25 | $63.00 | 1.1× |
| Wisconsin Rapids-Marshfield, WI | 2 | $37.70 | $44.98 | $52.25 | 1.4× |
| Woodruff, WI single city | 1 | $37.70 | $37.70 | $37.70 | 1.0× |
| Worcester, MA | 1 | $332.00 | $332.00 | $332.00 | 1.0× |
| Yuma, AZ both sides | 1 | $126.75 | $126.75 | $126.75 | 1.0× |
Common questions
What is CPT code 92134?
CPT 92134 is the billing code for OCT scan of the retina (optical coherence tomography). An OCT scan takes cross-section images of the retina with light, to check macular degeneration and diabetic eye disease.
Is it painful?
No; it takes a few minutes.
Is dilation needed?
Sometimes.
How much does Medicare pay for CPT 92134 (Retina OCT scan)?
$60.27 is Medicare's 2026 national base rate for this service in a hospital outpatient department, including the patient's share and before the local wage adjustment. The median hospital cash price, $93.00 across 369 hospitals, is 1.5× that.
Is it cheaper to pay cash or use insurance for retina OCT scan?
It depends on your deductible. Until you meet it, you pay your plan's negotiated rate, not the cash price. In hospital price files the highest negotiated rate for retina OCT scan has a median of $243.76 and the lowest a median of $35.81; at 228 of 252 hospitals the cash price is below the highest negotiated rate. A cash payment may not count toward your deductible, so ask your plan for its rate at that hospital first.
Which states have the cheapest retina OCT scan?
Among 25 states with at least 5 hospitals listing a cash price, the median is lowest in Idaho ($32.00), Tennessee ($38.83) and Wisconsin ($42.75), and highest in Mississippi ($604.58), Massachusetts ($225.00) and Michigan ($210.00). Prices vary as much between hospitals in the same state, so compare hospitals near you.
Other eye exam prices
Median hospital cash price, one per hospital.