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Synthetic Sentence Identification Hearing Test

Rhode Island 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?

$37.15

Typical negotiated rate. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $37.15 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $37.15 from a physician practice, and about $81.28 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$37.15$33.11 to $54.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$81.28$72.44 to $87.10

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $81 · 10th to 90th $66 to $141Professionalmedian $37 · 10th to 90th $15 to $71
$20$50$100facility $81professional $37

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$18.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$7.41
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$141.25
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$83.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$39.81

Where Rhode Island 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.

Rhode Island· 30th of 51

$37.15

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.