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Pure Tone Hearing Test, Air Only

Iowa rates for HCPCS 92552

A hearing test that measures the softest sounds a person can hear at different pitches through headphones, checking how sound travels through the air into the ear. It's a standard baseline hearing evaluation and does not test bone conduction.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Pure Tone Hearing Test, Air Only cost?

$48.98

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $48.98 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $48.98 from a physician practice, and about $89.13 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$48.98$36.31 to $69.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$89.13$44.67 to $257

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $89 · 10th to 90th $23 to $355Professionalmedian $49 · 10th to 90th $26 to $72
$50$100$200$500facility $89professional $49

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
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$46.77
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$60.26
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$316.23
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$91.20
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$69.18
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$87.10
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$416.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$51.29
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
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
$18.20
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$9.55

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 2.9 times more in North Dakota than in Kentucky. 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· 9th of 51

$48.98

ND $69.18KY $23.99

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.