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Rotational Balance (Inner Ear) Testing

Kansas rates for HCPCS 92546

A specialized test of the inner ear's balance system in which the patient sits in a chair that rotates back and forth in a controlled pattern while eye movements are recorded. It helps identify problems with the vestibular system, the part of the inner ear that controls balance and detects motion.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Rotational Balance (Inner Ear) Testing cost?

$138

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $138 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $138 from a physician practice, and about $158 from a hospital or other facility.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$138$120 to $162
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$158$112 to $275

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $158 · 10th to 90th $112 to $316Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $102 to $275
$100$200$500facility $158professional $138

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$239.88
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$33.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$147.91
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$263.03
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$794.33
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$134.90
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$144.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$20.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$123.03
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$134.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$54.95

Where Kansas sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Alaska than in Florida. 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.

Kansas· 17th of 51

$138

AK $245FL $81.28

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.