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Procedure price report · Other diagnostic procedures of respiratory tract and mediastinum

Voice box function testing

CPT 92520the billing code this page is about

Measures how the voice box works, including airflow and pressure during speech and the acoustic quality of the voice.

Hospitals typically charge $219 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 789 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $242. Most fall between $126 and $392 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
789
States
50
Filings dated
Feb 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 25, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 789 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$77$142$219$360$601

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.8× what the cheapest tenth charges ($77 vs $601).

How the prices are spread

$47 – $62: 26 hospitals$47$62 – $81: 34 hospitals$81 – $107: 26 hospitals$81$107 – $140: 65 hospitals$140 – $183: 133 hospitals$140$183 – $240: 88 hospitals$240 – $315: 79 hospitals$240$315 – $413: 152 hospitals$413 – $541: 55 hospitals$413$541 – $709: 59 hospitals$541median $219price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (717 of 789 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$47$6226
$62$8134
$81$10726
$107$14065
$140$183133
$183$24088
$240$31579
$315$413152
$413$54155
$541$70959

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$136
Median cash price$219
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.61×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $219.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $250 across 11 hospitalsWA$250Idaho: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $229 across 12 hospitalsMN$229Illinois: median $238 across 32 hospitalsIL$238Wisconsin: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWIMichigan: median $219 across 21 hospitalsMI$219New York: median $161 across 40 hospitalsNY$161Massachusetts: median $344 across 14 hospitalsMA$344Oregon: median $248 across 12 hospitalsOR$248Nevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $175 across 16 hospitalsIA$175Indiana: median $142 across 28 hospitalsIN$142Ohio: median $335 across 43 hospitalsOH$335Pennsylvania: median $157 across 40 hospitalsPA$157New Jersey: median $154 across 19 hospitalsNJ$154Connecticut: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $344 across 57 hospitalsCA$344Utah: median $218 across 22 hospitalsUT$218Colorado: median $197 across 11 hospitalsCO$197Nebraska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: median $175 across 20 hospitalsKY$175West Virginia: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $195 across 20 hospitalsVA$195Maryland: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $218 across 21 hospitalsAZ$218New Mexico: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $125 across 11 hospitalsKS$125Arkansas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $140 across 10 hospitalsTN$140North Carolina: median $197 across 22 hospitalsNC$197South Carolina: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $78 across 16 hospitalsOK$78Louisiana: median $116 across 15 hospitalsLA$116Mississippi: median $144 across 13 hospitalsMS$144Alabama: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $326 across 46 hospitalsGA$326Hawaii: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $199 across 57 hospitalsTX$199Florida: median $417 across 41 hospitalsFL$417
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $219. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL41$417+91%$203 – $433
Massachusetts MA14$344+57%$162 – $732
California CA57$344+57%$253 – $392
Ohio OH43$335+53%$165 – $360
Georgia GA46$326+49%$296 – $709
Washington WA11$250+14%$208 – $398
Oregon OR12$248+13%$164 – $499
Illinois IL32$238+9%$66 – $499
Minnesota MN12$229+4%$172 – $240
Michigan MI21$2190%$131 – $658
Arizona AZ21$2180%$146 – $834
Utah UT22$2180%$218 – $272
Texas TX57$199−9%$126 – $343
Colorado CO11$197−10%$106 – $391
North Carolina NC22$197−10%$176 – $205
Virginia VA20$195−11%$148 – $259
Iowa IA16$175−20%$175 – $268
Kentucky KY20$175−20%$131 – $676
New York NY40$161−27%$153 – $540
Pennsylvania PA40$157−28%$29 – $320
New Jersey NJ19$154−30%$143 – $345
Mississippi MS13$144−34%$64 – $172
Indiana IN28$142−35%$29 – $219
Tennessee TN10$140−36%$84 – $166
Kansas KS11$125−43%$49 – $165
Louisiana LA15$116−47%$48 – $186
Oklahoma OK16$78−64%$78 – $167
Idaho ID9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wisconsin WI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $219.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care671$219$130 – $392
Children’s30$316$148 – $620
Critical access86$218$70 – $349
Ownership
For-profit74$321$140 – $686
Government112$197$126 – $338
Non-profit601$218$126 – $392
System affiliation
Part of a system692$229$128 – $392
Independent97$197$116 – $390

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$398
Median cash price$219
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

565 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $253 and the average of the middle 60% is $262; most fall between $140 and $392.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 565 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$86$157$253$365$544

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.3× what the cheapest tenth charges ($86 vs $544).

Of the 593 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 565 gave a usable cash price; 10 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 18 a list price only.

How complete is this

789 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (20%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 813 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted789
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here5
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded19
Hospitals that filed this code813

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 25, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 25, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Other diagnostic procedures of respiratory tract and mediastinum family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Laryngeal Function Studies.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Voice box function testing (CPT 92520) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-92520-voice-box-function-testing