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Assessment for a Speech-Generating Device

Iowa rates for HCPCS 92607

A face-to-face assessment by a speech-language pathologist to determine which speech-generating communication device suits a person who cannot make themselves understood by speaking. The therapist tests how the person can operate a device, whether by touch, eye gaze, or a switch, and what vocabulary and screen layout will work, then recommends a specific device and settings. It covers the first hour spent working with the patient.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Assessment for a Speech-Generating Device cost?

$138

Typical physician fee. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $138 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $120 to $200.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $117 to $339
$100$200$500professional $138

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$338.84
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$275.42
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$724.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$416.87
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$338.84
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$181.97

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in Minnesota than in Ohio. 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· 23rd of 51

$138

MN $275OH $120

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.