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Voice and Resonance Evaluation

South Dakota rates for HCPCS 92524

This is an evaluation of a person's voice quality and the way air and sound resonate through the nose and mouth while speaking. A speech-language pathologist observes and analyzes vocal characteristics to help identify the cause of voice or resonance problems.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Voice and Resonance Evaluation cost?

$132

Typical negotiated rate. In South Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $132 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $129 from a physician practice, and about $263 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 8 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$129$93.33 to $204
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$263$115 to $339

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $263 · 10th to 90th $89 to $339Professionalmedian $129 · 10th to 90th $76 to $240
$100$200facility $263professional $129

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$107.15
Avera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$295.12
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$194.98
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$363.08
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$204.17
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$199.53
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$251.19
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$239.88

Where South Dakota sits

The same service costs 2.9 times more in Minnesota than in Washington, DC. 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.

South Dakota· 9th of 51

$132

MN $240DC $83.18

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.