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Play-Based Hearing Test for Young Children

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 92582

This is a hearing test designed for young children who are too old for infant-style testing but not yet able to reliably respond to standard adult hearing tests. The child is taught to perform a simple, game-like action — such as placing a block in a bucket — every time they hear a sound, allowing the examiner to determine the softest sounds the child can detect at different pitches. It is typically conducted by an audiologist in a sound-treated room.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Play-Based Hearing Test for Young Children cost?

$75.86

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $75.86 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $53.70 to $97.72.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $72 · 10th to 90th $72 to $72Professionalmedian $76 · 10th to 90th $27 to $98
$50$100$200facility $72professional $76

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
$57.54
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$81.28
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$102.33
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$95.50
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$61.66
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$83.18
7 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
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$15.49
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$30.90
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$12.30
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$8.71
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$8.71
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$4.79
Median
$5.89
Typical High
$8.71

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 4.1 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.

North Carolina· 32nd of 51

$75.86

AK $155KY $38.02

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.