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Speech Hearing Test with Word Recognition

Iowa 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?

$57.54

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $57.54 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $57.54 from a physician practice, and about $93.33 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$57.54$42.66 to $79.43
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$93.33$54.95 to $126

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $93 · 10th to 90th $36 to $166Professionalmedian $58 · 10th to 90th $32 to $83
$50$100$200facility $93professional $58

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
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$63.10
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$151.36
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$107.15
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$79.43
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$61.66
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
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
$21.38
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$11.22

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 9th of 51

$57.54

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.