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Synthetic Sentence Identification Hearing Test

New York 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?

$34.67

Typical negotiated rate. In New York, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $34.67 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $34.67 from a physician practice, and about $50.12 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$34.67$30.90 to $38.02
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$50.12$30.90 to $87.10

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $50 · 10th to 90th $4 to $115Professionalmedian $35 · 10th to 90th $29 to $43
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $50professional $35

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
$25.12
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$40.74
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$38.02
CDPHP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$52.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$45.71
Emblem Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.98
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$169.82
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$67.61
Excellus BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$47.86
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$48.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$41.69
Univera
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$114.82
Univera
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$45.71
3 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
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$6.46
Typical High
$8.32
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$43.65

Where New York 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.

New York· 37th of 51

$34.67

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.