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Synthetic Sentence Identification Hearing Test

Iowa rates for HCPCS 92576

Hearing test in which the listener identifies spoken sentences while a competing message plays at the same time. It measures how well the brain, rather than the ear alone, pulls speech out of background sound. Results help separate a central listening problem from ordinary hearing loss.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Synthetic Sentence Identification Hearing Test cost?

$54.95

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $54.95 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $53.70 from a physician practice, and about $79.43 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$53.70$40.74 to $75.86
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$79.43$51.29 to $97.72

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $79 · 10th to 90th $23 to $105Professionalmedian $54 · 10th to 90th $26 to $79
$50$100$200facility $79professional $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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$81.28
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$104.71
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$102.33
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$79.43
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$91.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$117.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$58.88
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
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
$20.42
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$10.72

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 3.5 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.

Iowa· 8th of 51

$54.95

AK $74.13KY $21.38

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.