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Speech Hearing Test with Word Recognition

Illinois 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?

$44.67

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $44.67 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $43.65 from a physician practice, and about $91.20 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$43.65$37.15 to $63.10
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$91.20$75.86 to $186

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $91 · 10th to 90th $63 to $427Professionalmedian $44 · 10th to 90th $28 to $69
$20$50$100$200$500facility $91professional $44

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
$38.90
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$44.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$21.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$8.71
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$64.57
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$478.63
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$66.07
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$79.43
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$43.65

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 21st of 51

$44.67

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.