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Pure Tone Hearing Test, Air Only

North Carolina 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 July 2026.

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

$37.15

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $37.15 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $31.62 to $58.88.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $37 · 10th to 90th $27 to $89
$10$20$50$100professional $37

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$22.91
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$52.48
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$12.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$81.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$46.77
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$338.84

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 2.2 times more in North Dakota than in Oklahoma. 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.

North Carolina· 16th of 51

$37.15

ND $66.07OK $29.51

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.