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Computerized Balance Platform Test

Alabama rates for HCPCS 92549

This is a balance test that uses a computer-controlled moving platform and a moving visual surround to see how well a person uses input from their inner ear, eyes, and body position sense to stay upright. It also includes testing of motor control and how quickly a person adapts their balance after the platform moves unexpectedly, as a standard part of the test.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Computerized Balance Platform Test cost?

$52.48

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $52.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $51.29 from a physician practice, and about $209 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$51.29$31.62 to $72.44
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$209$209 to $214

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $209 · 10th to 90th $209 to $214Professionalmedian $51 · 10th to 90th $18 to $79
$20$50$100$200facility $209professional $51

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

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$60.26
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$67.61
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$25.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$97.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$69.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$26.92
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
$31.62
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$15.85

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.9 times more in Alaska than in Texas. 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.

Alabama· 50th of 51

$52.48

AK $170TX $43.65

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.