go back

Automated Pure-Tone Hearing Test

Washington rates for HCPCS 0208T

An automated test that finds the softest tones you can hear across a range of pitches, played through earphones. The equipment presents the tones and records your responses rather than a technician working through each step by hand. It measures hearing along the normal path through the ear canal.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Automated Pure-Tone Hearing Test cost?

$35.48

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $35.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $35.48 from a physician practice, and about $67.61 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$35.48$31.62 to $44.67
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$67.61$66.07 to $67.61

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $68 · 10th to 90th $56 to $151Professionalmedian $35 · 10th to 90th $27 to $50
$20$50$100$200facility $68professional $35

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$44.67
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$87.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$58.88
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$158.49
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$50.12
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$43.65
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$102.33
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$91.20

Where Washington sits

The same service costs 1.6 times more in Vermont than in Kentucky. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Washington· 11th of 51

$35.48

VT $43.65KY $27.54

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.