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Computerized Balance Platform Test

Iowa 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?

$117

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $117 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $117 from a physician practice, and about $170 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$117$79.43 to $148
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$170$112 to $295

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $170 · 10th to 90th $79 to $355Professionalmedian $117 · 10th to 90th $59 to $170
$20$50$100$200$500facility $170professional $117

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$54.95
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$234.42
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$208.93
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$89.13
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$323.59
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$407.38
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$281.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$125.89
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$173.78
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$120.23
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$54.95
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$245.47
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$128.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$125.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$46.77
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$131.83
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$89.13
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$40.74
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
$30.90
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$15.85

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 6th of 51

$117

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.