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Speech Hearing Test with Word Recognition

Missouri 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?

$36.31

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $36.31 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $36.31 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$36.31$33.11 to $45.71
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$93.33$42.66 to $158

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $93 · 10th to 90th $32 to $214Professionalmedian $36 · 10th to 90th $29 to $59
$20$50$100$200facility $93professional $36

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
$43.65
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$51.29
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$67.61
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$38.02
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$52.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$53.70
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$213.80
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$257.04
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$53.70
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
$20.89
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$10.23

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 40th of 51

$36.31

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.