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Assessment for a Speech-Generating Device

Massachusetts 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 October 2026.

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

$148

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $148 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $148 from a physician practice, and about $174 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$148$120 to $200
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$174$112 to $204

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $174 · 10th to 90th $85 to $331Professionalmedian $148 · 10th to 90th $115 to $355
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $174professional $148

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
$120.23
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$181.97
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$467.74
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$389.05
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$257.04
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$181.97
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$363.08
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$208.93
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$204.17
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$346.74
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$467.74
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$389.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$134.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$489.78
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$194.98
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$158.49
4 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
$60.26
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$18.20

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 2.8 times more in Alaska than in Indiana. 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.

Massachusetts· 22nd of 51

$148

AK $269IN $95.50

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.