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Speech Hearing Test with Word Recognition

Nebraska 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?

$60.26

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $60.26 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $57.54 from a physician practice, and about $204 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$57.54$51.29 to $77.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$204$77.62 to $269

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $204 · 10th to 90th $72 to $380Professionalmedian $58 · 10th to 90th $43 to $105
$50$100$200$500facility $204professional $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
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$8.51
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$83.18
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$93.33
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$213.80
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$257.04
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$114.82
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$114.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$97.72

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 8th of 51

$60.26

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.