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Procedure price report · Ophthalmologic and otologic diagnosis and treatment

Hearing screening with tones through headphones

CPT 92551the billing code this page is about

A pass/fail hearing screen in which tones of several pitches are played through headphones to check whether the patient hears them at a set loudness level.

Hospitals typically charge $42 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,338 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $47. Most fall between $20 and $97 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,338
States
50
Filings dated
Dec 2022 – 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 1,338 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
$14$23$42$82$140

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 10× what the cheapest tenth charges ($14 vs $140).

How the prices are spread

$10 – $14: 72 hospitals$10$14 – $19: 107 hospitals$19 – $25: 146 hospitals$19$25 – $34: 141 hospitals$34 – $45: 171 hospitals$34$45 – $61: 178 hospitals$61 – $82: 122 hospitals$61$82 – $110: 127 hospitals$110 – $148: 97 hospitals$110$148 – $199: 46 hospitals$148median $42price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,207 of 1,338 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$10$1472
$14$19107
$19$25146
$25$34141
$34$45171
$45$61178
$61$82122
$82$110127
$110$14897
$148$19946

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $42.

Alaska: median $58 across 10 hospitalsAK$58Maine: median $20 across 18 hospitalsME$20Vermont: median $34 across 11 hospitalsVT$34New Hampshire: median $17 across 11 hospitalsNH$17Washington: median $25 across 30 hospitalsWA$25Idaho: median $24 across 11 hospitalsID$24Montana: median $38 across 11 hospitalsMT$38North Dakota: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $31 across 37 hospitalsMN$31Illinois: median $36 across 43 hospitalsIL$36Wisconsin: median $38 across 53 hospitalsWI$38Michigan: median $49 across 57 hospitalsMI$49New York: median $46 across 70 hospitalsNY$46Massachusetts: median $53 across 25 hospitalsMA$53Oregon: median $34 across 30 hospitalsOR$34Nevada: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: median $35 across 11 hospitalsSD$35Iowa: median $25 across 36 hospitalsIA$25Indiana: median $23 across 56 hospitalsIN$23Ohio: median $56 across 77 hospitalsOH$56Pennsylvania: median $56 across 50 hospitalsPA$56New Jersey: median $60 across 15 hospitalsNJ$60Connecticut: median $54 across 11 hospitalsCT$54Rhode Island: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $60 across 81 hospitalsCA$60Utah: median $88 across 15 hospitalsUT$88Colorado: median $64 across 27 hospitalsCO$64Nebraska: median $41 across 25 hospitalsNE$41Missouri: median $42 across 23 hospitalsMO$42Kentucky: median $65 across 26 hospitalsKY$65West Virginia: median $29 across 32 hospitalsWV$29Virginia: median $97 across 33 hospitalsVA$97Maryland: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: median $42 across 10 hospitalsNM$42Kansas: median $22 across 18 hospitalsKS$22Arkansas: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $14 across 31 hospitalsTN$14North Carolina: median $29 across 31 hospitalsNC$29South Carolina: median $46 across 25 hospitalsSC$46Oklahoma: median $24 across 17 hospitalsOK$24Louisiana: median $25 across 30 hospitalsLA$25Mississippi: median $29 across 15 hospitalsMS$29Alabama: median $38 across 13 hospitalsAL$38Georgia: median $68 across 39 hospitalsGA$68Hawaii: median $15 across 11 hospitalsHI$15Texas: median $82 across 87 hospitalsTX$82Florida: median $69 across 26 hospitalsFL$69
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $42. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Virginia VA33$97+132%$49 – $174
Utah UT15$88+112%$24 – $98
Texas TX87$82+97%$25 – $104
Florida FL26$69+66%$27 – $119
Georgia GA39$68+64%$37 – $225
Kentucky KY26$65+55%$13 – $116
Colorado CO27$64+53%$46 – $177
California CA81$60+45%$32 – $157
New Jersey NJ15$60+44%$35 – $186
Alaska AK10$58+38%$40 – $107
Ohio OH77$56+35%$34 – $72
Pennsylvania PA50$56+35%$21 – $99
Connecticut CT11$54+31%$44 – $87
Massachusetts MA25$53+27%$30 – $141
Michigan MI57$49+18%$20 – $108
South Carolina SC25$46+11%$41 – $55
New York NY70$46+10%$21 – $65
New Mexico NM10$420%$3 – $85
Missouri MO23$420%$30 – $66
Nebraska NE25$41−1%$22 – $103
Alabama AL13$38−9%$26 – $263
Wisconsin WI53$38−9%$18 – $71
Montana MT11$38−10%$18 – $47
Illinois IL43$36−14%$22 – $79
South Dakota SD11$35−15%$35 – $55
Oregon OR30$34−17%$17 – $130
Vermont VT11$34−19%$15 – $49
Minnesota MN37$31−26%$23 – $62
Mississippi MS15$29−30%$23 – $32
West Virginia WV32$29−30%$20 – $40
North Carolina NC31$29−30%$15 – $41
Iowa IA36$25−40%$20 – $37
Washington WA30$25−41%$18 – $57
Louisiana LA30$25−41%$10 – $56
Idaho ID11$24−42%$20 – $24
Oklahoma OK17$24−43%$24 – $35
Indiana IN56$23−44%$14 – $74
Kansas KS18$22−47%$14 – $40
Maine ME18$20−52%$11 – $80
New Hampshire NH11$17−60%$13 – $22
Hawaii HI11$15−64%$14 – $55
Tennessee TN31$14−66%$6 – $22
North Dakota ND9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not 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 $42.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care928$46$20 – $103
Children’s62$77$34 – $395
Critical access342$35$19 – $62
Ownership
For-profit97$57$15 – $122
Government244$34$21 – $68
Non-profit991$46$20 – $98
System affiliation
Part of a system1,093$44$20 – $98
Independent245$36$19 – $74

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$66
Median cash price$42
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

956 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $48 and the average of the middle 60% is $53; most fall between $21 and $103.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 956 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
$14$24$48$93$142

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 10× what the cheapest tenth charges ($14 vs $142).

Of the 1,018 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 956 gave a usable cash price; 19 carried a plausibility flag, 2 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 41 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,338 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (34%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,452 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,338
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here28
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded2
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded84
Hospitals that filed this code1,452

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • 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 July 20, 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 Screening Test Pure Tone Air Only.

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, “Hearing screening with tones through headphones (CPT 92551) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-92551-hearing-screening-with-tones-through-headphones