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Assessment for a Speech-Generating Device

Nebraska 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?

$251

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $251 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $251 from a physician practice, and about $302 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$251$219 to $295
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$302$229 to $407

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $302 · 10th to 90th $110 to $562Professionalmedian $251 · 10th to 90th $117 to $355
$100$200$500facility $302professional $251

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
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$630.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$295.12
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$562.34
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$776.25
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$338.84
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$109.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$323.59
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
$58.88
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$11.75

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 2nd of 51

$251

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.