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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 July 2026.

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

$148

Typical physician fee. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $148 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $120 to $224.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $148 · 10th to 90th $110 to $331
$100$200$500professional $148

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
$100.00
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$223.87
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$467.74
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$371.54
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$204.17
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$323.59
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$363.08

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 17th of 51

$148

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.