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Procedure price report · Ophthalmologic and otologic diagnosis and treatment

Recorded eye-movement test in different head positions

CPT 92542the billing code this page is about

Eye movements are recorded while the head and body are placed in at least four positions to look for causes of dizziness.

Hospitals typically charge $163 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 708 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $175. Most fall between $65 and $326 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
708
States
49
Filings dated
Jun 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 708 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
$34$83$163$272$458

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 13× what the cheapest tenth charges ($34 vs $458).

How the prices are spread

$20 – $29: 24 hospitals$20$29 – $40: 34 hospitals$40 – $57: 36 hospitals$40$57 – $80: 44 hospitals$80 – $113: 62 hospitals$80$113 – $159: 87 hospitals$159 – $225: 130 hospitals$159$225 – $317: 110 hospitals$317 – $447: 72 hospitals$317$447 – $630: 39 hospitals$447median $163price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (638 of 708 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$20$2924
$29$4034
$40$5736
$57$8044
$80$11362
$113$15987
$159$225130
$225$317110
$317$44772
$447$63039

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$136
Median cash price$163
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.20×

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 $163.

Alaska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 2 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 $543 across 12 hospitalsMN$543Illinois: median $157 across 43 hospitalsIL$157Wisconsin: median $163 across 37 hospitalsWI$163Michigan: median $34 across 31 hospitalsMI$34New York: median $153 across 38 hospitalsNY$153Massachusetts: median $348 across 12 hospitalsMA$348Oregon: median $254 across 14 hospitalsOR$254Nevada: 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: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $16 across 22 hospitalsIA$16Indiana: median $182 across 36 hospitalsIN$182Ohio: median $248 across 57 hospitalsOH$248Pennsylvania: median $157 across 43 hospitalsPA$157New Jersey: median $150 across 34 hospitalsNJ$150Connecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $346 across 50 hospitalsCA$346Utah: median $162 across 23 hospitalsUT$162Colorado: median $214 across 10 hospitalsCO$214Nebraska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $162 across 17 hospitalsMO$162Kentucky: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $228 across 11 hospitalsVA$228Maryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $484 across 18 hospitalsAZ$484New Mexico: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: median $142 across 10 hospitalsNC$142South Carolina: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOKLouisiana: median $64 across 14 hospitalsLA$64Mississippi: median $71 across 10 hospitalsMS$71Alabama: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $272 across 18 hospitalsGA$272Hawaii: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $229 across 30 hospitalsTX$229Florida: median $241 across 13 hospitalsFL$241
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $163. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Minnesota MN12$543+234%$29 – $708
Arizona AZ18$484+198%$90 – $638
Massachusetts MA12$348+114%$189 – $503
California CA50$346+113%$265 – $392
Georgia GA18$272+67%$237 – $497
Oregon OR14$254+56%$86 – $304
Ohio OH57$248+52%$165 – $335
Florida FL13$241+48%$74 – $419
Texas TX30$229+41%$117 – $257
Virginia VA11$228+40%$93 – $228
Colorado CO10$214+32%$184 – $238
Indiana IN36$182+12%$93 – $279
Wisconsin WI37$1630%$16 – $355
Utah UT23$1620%$162 – $162
Missouri MO17$1620%$43 – $181
Illinois IL43$157−3%$53 – $272
Pennsylvania PA43$157−3%$19 – $272
New York NY38$153−6%$46 – $353
New Jersey NJ34$150−8%$106 – $180
North Carolina NC10$142−12%$63 – $293
Mississippi MS10$71−56%$65 – $100
Louisiana LA14$64−60%$44 – $132
Michigan MI31$34−79%$26 – $163
Iowa IA22$16−90%$16 – $131
Kansas KS9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oklahoma OK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not 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 $163.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care579$164$67 – $335
Children’s24$181$96 – $272
Critical access100$162$51 – $284
Ownership
For-profit52$193$58 – $515
Government82$153$77 – $276
Non-profit569$163$64 – $328
System affiliation
Part of a system601$163$67 – $334
Independent107$133$64 – $284

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$290
Median cash price$163
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. 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

496 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $172 and the average of the middle 60% is $191; most fall between $76 and $338.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 496 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
$40$93$172$293$497

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 13× what the cheapest tenth charges ($40 vs $497).

Of the 539 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 496 gave a usable cash price; 32 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 11 a list price only.

How complete is this

708 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (18%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 763 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted708
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here40
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 — excluded15
Hospitals that filed this code763

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 Ophthalmologic and otologic diagnosis and treatment family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Positional Nystagmus Test|PROFESSIONAL COMPONENT.

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.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Recorded eye-movement test in different head positions (CPT 92542) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-92542-recorded-eye-movement-test-in-different-head-positions