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Speech Hearing Test with Word Recognition

Georgia rates for HCPCS 92556

A hearing test that measures both the quietest level at which someone can detect speech and how well they can correctly repeat back spoken words at a comfortable volume. It gives a fuller picture of how well someone understands speech, not just whether they can hear sound.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Speech Hearing Test with Word Recognition cost?

$42.66

Typical negotiated rate. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $42.66 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $36.31 to $50.12.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $36 · 10th to 90th $36 to $38Professionalmedian $43 · 10th to 90th $28 to $58
$20$50$100facility $36professional $43

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
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$7.94
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$91.20
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$83.18
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$57.54
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$63.10
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
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
EP · Child screening program
Typical Low
$5.62
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$5.62

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 2.9 times more in Alaska 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.

Georgia· 25th of 51

$42.66

AK $79.43KY $27.54

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.