Scans and imaging CPT 92134 173 markets

Retina OCT scan cost without insurance

Across 173 US markets, hospitals list an outpatient cash price for OCT scan of the retina (optical coherence tomography) from $14.35 to $1,550.64. The median market price is $72.56. Prices come from each hospital's own price file; pick your area below to compare hospitals side by side.

Collected Sep 25, 2026 Each price links to its source file All Eye exam costs

Lowest$14.35any market
Median market$72.56middle of market medians
Highest$1,550.64any market
Listings292hospital prices

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, $84.80 across 292 hospitals, is 1.4× 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.

What it is

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

Median outpatient cash price, one line per hospital. Pick a state to see every hospital, cheapest first.

Prices by market

Outpatient cash prices. “×” is how many times the highest price in that market exceeds the lowest.

MarketHospitalsLowest MedianHighest×
Anna, IL single city 1 $27.30 $27.30 $27.30 1.0×
Antigo, WI single city 1 $37.70 $37.70 $37.70 1.0×
Antigo, WI both sides single city 1 $99.45 $99.45 $99.45 1.0×
Akron, OH 1 $361.50 $361.50 $361.50 1.0×
Akron, OH both sides 3 $93.60 $105.00 $177.45 1.9×
Alexandria, LA 1 $55.90 $55.90 $55.90 1.0×
Anchorage, AK 1 $215.00 $215.00 $215.00 1.0×
Ann Arbor, MI 1 $53.20 $53.20 $53.20 1.0×
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA 9 $100.00 $179.00 $179.00 1.8×
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 $162.51 1.0×
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX both sides 1 $211.72 $211.72 $211.72 1.0×
Buckhannon, WV single city 1 $182.00 $182.00 $182.00 1.0×
Baker City, OR both sides 1 $25.35 $25.35 $25.35 1.0×
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD both sides 1 $70.00 $70.00 $70.00 1.0×
Bangor, ME 1 $20.58 $20.58 $20.58 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 3 $144.90 $159.60 $225.00 1.6×
Brenham, TX 1 $166.13 $166.13 $166.13 1.0×
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY 1 $47.08 $47.08 $47.08 1.0×
Burlington-South Burlington, VT both sides 1 $169.00 $169.00 $169.00 1.0×
Cades, SC single city 1 $47.00 $47.00 $47.00 1.0×
Cedar Rapids, IA single city 1 $84.80 $84.80 $84.80 1.0×
Canton-Massillon, OH both sides 1 $177.45 $177.45 $177.45 1.0×
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 5 $65.00 $65.00 $65.00 1.0×
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL both sides 1 $60.75 $60.75 $60.75 1.0×
Cedar Rapids, IA 1 $84.80 $84.80 $84.80 1.0×
Charleston-North Charleston, SC 1 $58.00 $58.00 $58.00 1.0×
Chattanooga, TN-GA 1 $50.69 $50.69 $50.69 1.0×
Cheyenne, WY both sides 1 $125.71 $125.71 $125.71 1.0×
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN 16 $27.44 $81.93 $850.00 31.0×
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN both sides 1 $516.00 $516.00 $516.00 1.0×
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN 6 $42.80 $125.80 $322.83 7.5×
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN both sides 1 $64.26 $64.26 $64.26 1.0×
Clarksburg, WV 1 $97.50 $97.50 $97.50 1.0×
Cleveland, OH 2 $142.28 $286.77 $431.25 3.0×
Cleveland, OH both sides 18 $97.50 $141.23 $177.45 1.8×
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×
Cumberland, MD-WV 1 $19.50 $19.50 $19.50 1.0×
Decorah, IA single city 1 $78.40 $78.40 $78.40 1.0×
Durham, NC single city 1 $127.17 $127.17 $127.17 1.0×
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 15 $192.24 $192.24 $192.24 1.0×
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX both sides 1 $135.00 $135.00 $135.00 1.0×
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 2 $84.80 $84.80 $84.80 1.0×
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH 4 $42.80 $42.80 $209.27 4.9×
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO 2 $43.48 $226.82 $410.15 9.4×
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 1 $84.80 $84.80 $84.80 1.0×
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI 9 $81.12 $210.00 $210.00 2.6×
Dubuque, IA 1 $84.80 $84.80 $84.80 1.0×
Duluth, MN-WI 1 $31.55 $31.55 $31.55 1.0×
Duluth, MN-WI both sides 1 $83.23 $83.23 $83.23 1.0×
Eagle River, WI single city 1 $37.70 $37.70 $37.70 1.0×
Eagle River, WI both sides single city 1 $99.45 $99.45 $99.45 1.0×
East Amery, WI single city 1 $35.46 $35.46 $35.46 1.0×
Eau Claire, WI 1 $37.70 $37.70 $37.70 1.0×
Eau Claire, WI both sides 1 $99.45 $99.45 $99.45 1.0×
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR 1 $166.72 $166.72 $166.72 1.0×
Fort Dodge, IA 1 $84.80 $84.80 $84.80 1.0×
Fort Wayne, IN 4 $27.60 $31.05 $34.50 1.2×
Fresno, CA both sides 1 $185.92 $185.92 $185.92 1.0×
Gassaway, WV single city 1 $34.50 $34.50 $34.50 1.0×
Grinnell, IA single city 1 $84.80 $84.80 $84.80 1.0×
Green Bay, WI 1 $76.86 $76.86 $76.86 1.0×
Hailey, ID 1 $32.00 $32.00 $32.00 1.0×
Hammond, LA 1 $101.72 $101.72 $101.72 1.0×
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 1 $127.88 $127.88 $127.88 1.0×
Houghton, MI 1 $37.70 $37.70 $37.70 1.0×
Houghton, MI both sides 1 $99.45 $99.45 $99.45 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×
Iron River, MI single city 1 $37.70 $37.70 $37.70 1.0×
Iron River, MI both sides single city 1 $99.45 $99.45 $99.45 1.0×
Ironwood, MI single city 1 $37.70 $37.70 $37.70 1.0×
Ironwood, MI both sides single city 1 $99.45 $99.45 $99.45 1.0×
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN 1 $306.90 $306.90 $306.90 1.0×
Jamestown-Dunkirk, NY both sides 1 $11.00 $11.00 $11.00 1.0×
Joplin, MO-KS 1 $31.85 $31.85 $31.85 1.0×
Killeen-Temple, TX 3 $166.13 $166.13 $166.13 1.0×
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN 1 $180.42 $180.42 $180.42 1.0×
LaGrange, GA-AL both sides 1 $79.56 $79.56 $79.56 1.0×
Lebanon-Claremont, NH-VT both sides 1 $94.86 $94.86 $94.86 1.0×
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 2 $111.00 $138.86 $166.72 1.5×
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA 3 $674.17 $787.75 $1,550.64 2.3×
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA both sides 12 $75.00 $187.20 $187.20 2.5×
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN 1 $43.40 $43.40 $43.40 1.0×
Magazine, AR both sides single city 1 $71.25 $71.25 $71.25 1.0×
Mansfield, AR both sides single city 1 $71.25 $71.25 $71.25 1.0×
Marble Falls, TX single city 1 $166.13 $166.13 $166.13 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×
Medford, WI both sides single city 1 $99.45 $99.45 $99.45 1.0×
Merrill, WI single city 1 $37.70 $37.70 $37.70 1.0×
Merrill, WI both sides single city 1 $99.45 $99.45 $99.45 1.0×
Mullins, SC single city 1 $57.00 $57.00 $57.00 1.0×
Madison, WI 1 $37.70 $37.70 $37.70 1.0×
Madison, WI both sides 1 $99.45 $99.45 $99.45 1.0×
Marietta, OH 1 $78.82 $78.82 $78.82 1.0×
Marion-Herrin, IL 1 $27.30 $27.30 $27.30 1.0×
Marshalltown, IA 1 $84.80 $84.80 $84.80 1.0×
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×
Memphis, TN-MS-AR 4 $14.55 $20.37 $20.37 1.4×
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL both sides 1 $91.65 $91.65 $91.65 1.0×
Michigan City-La Porte, IN 1 $35.64 $35.64 $35.64 1.0×
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI 2 $79.48 $88.49 $97.50 1.2×
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 8 $119.09 $119.24 $126.52 1.1×
Modesto, CA both sides 1 $185.92 $185.92 $185.92 1.0×
Morgantown, WV 1 $199.50 $199.50 $199.50 1.0×
Mount Vernon, IL 1 $14.35 $14.35 $14.35 1.0×
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA 1 $53.60 $53.60 $53.60 1.0×
Muscatine, IA 1 $84.80 $84.80 $84.80 1.0×
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN 3 $49.01 $57.29 $91.26 1.9×
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN both sides 2 $160.37 $229.50 $298.62 1.9×
New Orleans-Metairie, LA 7 $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 24 $39.07 $129.05 $306.00 7.8×
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ both sides 18 $59.40 $65.78 $170.00 2.9×
Ogallala, NE single city 1 $79.80 $79.80 $79.80 1.0×
Ontario, CA both sides single city 1 $187.20 $187.20 $187.20 1.0×
Omaha, NE-IA 2 $81.25 $81.25 $81.25 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×
Paris, AR both sides single city 1 $71.25 $71.25 $71.25 1.0×
Petersburg, WV single city 1 $31.20 $31.20 $31.20 1.0×
Pikeville, TN single city 1 $27.74 $27.74 $27.74 1.0×
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV 1 $97.50 $97.50 $97.50 1.0×
Peru, IN 1 $57.50 $57.50 $57.50 1.0×
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 9 $72.50 $396.00 $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×
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×
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA both sides 5 $100.75 $100.75 $100.75 1.0×
Rhinelander, WI single city 1 $37.70 $37.70 $37.70 1.0×
Rhinelander, WI both sides single city 1 $99.45 $99.45 $99.45 1.0×
Richmond, CA both sides single city 1 $185.92 $185.92 $185.92 1.0×
Ripley, WV single city 1 $18.00 $18.00 $18.00 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 $62.00 $62.00 $62.00 1.0×
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 1 $320.00 $320.00 $320.00 1.0×
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA both sides 4 $75.00 $187.20 $187.20 2.5×
Rochester, MN 1 $74.91 $74.91 $74.91 1.0×
Rochester, NY 4 $70.02 $131.11 $192.19 2.7×
Rochester, NY both sides 1 $47.50 $47.50 $47.50 1.0×
Sistersville, WV single city 1 $72.51 $72.51 $72.51 1.0×
Suffolk, VA single city 1 $93.00 $93.00 $93.00 1.0×
Summersville, WV single city 1 $18.00 $18.00 $18.00 1.0×
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA both sides 3 $185.92 $185.92 $185.92 1.0×
Salem, OR both sides 1 $100.75 $100.75 $100.75 1.0×
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT both sides 1 $145.60 $145.60 $145.60 1.0×
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX 1 $41.75 $41.75 $41.75 1.0×
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA 1 $175.45 $175.45 $175.45 1.0×
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA both sides 4 $75.00 $187.20 $187.20 2.5×
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA both sides 9 $185.92 $185.92 $185.92 1.0×
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×
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 2 $101.00 $105.33 $109.65 1.1×
Shelbyville, TN 1 $49.01 $49.01 $49.01 1.0×
Shelbyville, TN both sides 1 $160.37 $160.37 $160.37 1.0×
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 1 $84.80 $84.80 $84.80 1.0×
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA 1 $61.04 $61.04 $61.04 1.0×
Springfield, MO 2 $31.85 $31.85 $31.85 1.0×
Springfield, OH 1 $42.80 $42.80 $42.80 1.0×
Stevens Point-Plover, WI 2 $37.70 $37.70 $37.70 1.0×
Stevens Point-Plover, WI both sides 2 $99.45 $99.45 $99.45 1.0×
Stockton-Lodi, CA both sides 1 $185.92 $185.92 $185.92 1.0×
Temple, TX single city 1 $166.13 $166.13 $166.13 1.0×
Tomahawk, WI single city 1 $37.70 $37.70 $37.70 1.0×
Tomahawk, WI both sides single city 1 $99.45 $99.45 $99.45 1.0×
Two Harbors, MN single city 1 $47.73 $47.73 $47.73 1.0×
Two Harbors, MN both sides single city 1 $125.92 $125.92 $125.92 1.0×
Truckee-Grass Valley, CA 1 $62.00 $62.00 $62.00 1.0×
Tullahoma-Manchester, TN 1 $49.01 $49.01 $49.01 1.0×
Tullahoma-Manchester, TN both sides 1 $160.37 $160.37 $160.37 1.0×
Twin Falls, ID 1 $32.00 $32.00 $32.00 1.0×
Urban Honolulu, HI 1 $19.80 $19.80 $19.80 1.0×
Vallejo, CA both sides 2 $185.92 $185.92 $185.92 1.0×
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC 5 $93.00 $93.00 $93.00 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×
Woodruff, WI single city 1 $37.70 $37.70 $37.70 1.0×
Woodruff, WI both sides single city 1 $99.45 $99.45 $99.45 1.0×
Waco, TX 1 $166.13 $166.13 $166.13 1.0×
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 7 $19.50 $119.00 $119.00 6.1×
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 1 $84.80 $84.80 $84.80 1.0×
Wausau, WI 1 $37.70 $37.70 $37.70 1.0×
Wausau, WI both sides 1 $99.45 $99.45 $99.45 1.0×
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA 1 $66.60 $66.60 $66.60 1.0×
Wheeling, WV-OH 2 $21.50 $55.50 $89.50 4.2×
Winston-Salem, NC 2 $56.00 $57.75 $59.50 1.1×
Wisconsin Rapids-Marshfield, WI 1 $37.70 $37.70 $37.70 1.0×
Wisconsin Rapids-Marshfield, WI both sides 1 $99.45 $99.45 $99.45 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

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, $84.80 across 292 hospitals, is 1.4× that.

Other eye exam prices

Median hospital cash price, one per hospital.