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Computerized Balance Platform Test

Louisiana 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?

$83.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $83.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $83.18 from a physician practice, and about $219 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$83.18$69.18 to $87.10
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$219$166 to $295

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $219 · 10th to 90th $123 to $363Professionalmedian $83 · 10th to 90th $62 to $95
$50$100$200$500facility $219professional $83

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
$72.44
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$25.70
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$363.08
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$87.10
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$61.66
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$102.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$72.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$28.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$112.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$30.20
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
$36.31
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$47.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$19.05

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 17th of 51

$83.18

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.