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Synthetic Sentence Identification Hearing Test

Kentucky 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?

$21.38

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $21.38 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $21.38 from a physician practice, and about $39.81 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$21.38$19.05 to $29.51
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$39.81$39.81 to $44.67

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $40 · 10th to 90th $19 to $66Professionalmedian $21 · 10th to 90th $17 to $40
$20$50$100$200facility $40professional $21

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$41.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$41.69
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$26.30
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$61.66
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$63.10
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$204.17
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$36.31
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
$17.38
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$8.32

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 51st of 51

$21.38

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.