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Pure Tone Hearing Test, Air Only

Tennessee 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?

$28.84

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $28.84 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $28.84 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$28.84$23.99 to $36.31
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$120$70.79 to $138

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $120 · 10th to 90th $22 to $174Professionalmedian $29 · 10th to 90th $22 to $214
$20$50$100$200facility $120professional $29

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$7.76
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$48.98
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$35.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$36.31
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$354.81
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$34.67
1 more rate 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
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$33.88

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 46th of 51

$28.84

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.