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Pure Tone Hearing Test, Air Only

South 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 October 2026.

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

$26.30

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26.30 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $24.55 from a physician practice, and about $120 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$24.55$19.05 to $34.67
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$120$100 to $191

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $120 · 10th to 90th $69 to $224Professionalmedian $25 · 10th to 90th $19 to $37
$20$50$100$200$500facility $120professional $25

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
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$17.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.31
Median
$6.92
Typical High
$6.92
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$45.71
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$218.78
BCBS South Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$32.36
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$100.00
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$38.90
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$61.66
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$32.36
5 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
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$24.55
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$9.77
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$6.92
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$6.92
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$6.92

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 50th of 51

$26.30

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.