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Speech Hearing Test with Word Recognition

Louisiana 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 Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $44.67 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $44.67 from a physician practice, and about $3.89 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$44.67$39.81 to $54.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3.89$3.89 to $63.10

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4 · 10th to 90th $0 to $83Professionalmedian $45 · 10th to 90th $29 to $58
$0.1$1$10$100facility $4professional $45

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
$41.69
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$10.72
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$53.70
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$87.10
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$57.54
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$3.89
Typical High
$3.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$56.23
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$41.69

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 20th 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.