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Speech Hearing Test with Word Recognition

Minnesota 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?

$53.70

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $53.70 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $53.70 from a physician practice, and about $105 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$53.70$38.90 to $93.33
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$105$53.70 to $166

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $105 · 10th to 90th $54 to $219Professionalmedian $54 · 10th to 90th $34 to $138
$50$100$200$500facility $105professional $54

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
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$10.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$10.72
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$223.87
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$478.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$144.54
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$380.19
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$141.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$194.98
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$208.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$102.33

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 12th of 51

$53.70

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.