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Assessment for a Speech-Generating Device

Minnesota 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?

$224

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $224 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $224 from a physician practice, and about $282 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$224$170 to $309
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$282$141 to $457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $282 · 10th to 90th $141 to $631Professionalmedian $224 · 10th to 90th $141 to $372
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $282professional $224

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
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$851.14
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$363.08
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$426.58
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,000.00
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$398.11
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$537.03
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$416.87
8 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$14.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$70.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$14.13

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 4th of 51

$224

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.