Retina OCT scan cost in Kentucky
In Kentucky, 7 hospitals publish a cash price for OCT scan of the retina (optical coherence tomography): from $43.40 to $236.21, with a median of $43.40. The lowest price is at Norton Audubon Hospital (Louisville) and 5 other hospitals. The highest price is 5.4× the lowest.
- The median here, $43.40, is 53% below the US median of $93.00.
- That is 0.7× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($60.27).
- Kentucky ranks 4th of 25 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 92134. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Oct 22, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$43.40Norton Audubon Hospital + 5 more
Median$43.40half of hospitals charge less
Highest$236.21in Kentucky
Lowest saves$0.00vs the median
Hospitals in Kentucky, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norton Audubon Hospital lowest Louisville · Louisville, KY HB SCANNING COMP OPHTH DX IMAGING | $43.40 | $217.00 | Feb 11, 2026 source file |
| Norton Brownsboro Hospital lowest Louisville · Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN HB SCANNING COMP OPHTH DX IMAGING | $43.40 | $217.00 | Feb 11, 2026 source file |
| Norton Children's Hospital lowest Louisville · Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN HB SCANNING COMP OPHTH DX IMAGING | $43.40 | $217.00 | Feb 11, 2026 source file |
| Norton Hospital lowest Louisville · Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN HB SCANNING COMP OPHTH DX IMAGING | $43.40 | $217.00 | Feb 11, 2026 source file |
| Norton West Louisville Hospital lowest Louisville · Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN HB SCANNING COMP OPHTH DX IMAGING | $43.40 | $217.00 | Feb 11, 2026 source file |
| Norton Women's and Kosair Children's Hospital lowest Louisville · Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN HB SCANNING COMP OPHTH DX IMAGING | $43.40 | $217.00 | Feb 13, 2026 source file |
| University of Kentucky Hospital one side Lexington · Lexington-Fayette, KY Hc Computerized Ophthalmic Diagnositc Imaging Posterior Segment - Retina - Od - Unilateral | $236.21 | $590.52 | Apr 1, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | 5 | $43.40 | $43.40 |
| Louisville, KY | 1 | $43.40 | $43.40 |
| Lexington-Fayette, KY | 1 | $236.21 | $236.21 |
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 retina OCT scan is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Retina OCT scan explained.
OCT scan of the retina (optical coherence tomography) in other states
- 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
- 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
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.