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Procedure price report · Ophthalmologic and otologic diagnosis and treatment

Hearing threshold test by headphone and bone vibrator

CPT 92553the billing code this page is about

Measures the softest tones heard both through headphones and through a vibrator placed on the skull, which helps separate middle-ear from inner-ear hearing loss.

Hospitals typically charge $166 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,084 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $171. Most fall between $84 and $304 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,084
States
50
Filings dated
Jan 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 1,084 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
$61$98$166$266$380

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.2× what the cheapest tenth charges ($61 vs $380).

How the prices are spread

$43 – $55: 36 hospitals$43$55 – $71: 66 hospitals$71 – $92: 97 hospitals$71$92 – $118: 102 hospitals$118 – $152: 139 hospitals$118$152 – $196: 177 hospitals$196 – $253: 113 hospitals$196$253 – $325: 124 hospitals$325 – $419: 96 hospitals$325$419 – $540: 26 hospitals$419median $166price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (976 of 1,084 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$43$5536
$55$7166
$71$9297
$92$118102
$118$152139
$152$196177
$196$253113
$253$325124
$325$41996
$419$54026

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$131
Median cash price$166
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.26×

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 $166.

Alaska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $196 across 19 hospitalsWA$196Idaho: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $159 across 35 hospitalsMN$159Illinois: median $176 across 55 hospitalsIL$176Wisconsin: median $144 across 49 hospitalsWI$144Michigan: median $177 across 50 hospitalsMI$177New York: median $185 across 47 hospitalsNY$185Massachusetts: median $293 across 22 hospitalsMA$293Oregon: median $116 across 25 hospitalsOR$116Nevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $86 across 30 hospitalsIA$86Indiana: median $109 across 50 hospitalsIN$109Ohio: median $203 across 79 hospitalsOH$203Pennsylvania: median $173 across 47 hospitalsPA$173New Jersey: median $182 across 38 hospitalsNJ$182Connecticut: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $325 across 69 hospitalsCA$325Utah: median $229 across 12 hospitalsUT$229Colorado: median $116 across 22 hospitalsCO$116Nebraska: median $86 across 14 hospitalsNE$86Missouri: median $128 across 22 hospitalsMO$128Kentucky: median $49 across 11 hospitalsKY$49West Virginia: median $90 across 11 hospitalsWV$90Virginia: median $160 across 20 hospitalsVA$160Maryland: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $238 across 17 hospitalsAZ$238New Mexico: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $78 across 13 hospitalsKS$78Arkansas: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $72 across 16 hospitalsTN$72North Carolina: median $132 across 32 hospitalsNC$132South Carolina: median $273 across 11 hospitalsSC$273Oklahoma: median $72 across 13 hospitalsOK$72Louisiana: median $99 across 20 hospitalsLA$99Mississippi: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: median $192 across 10 hospitalsAL$192Georgia: median $134 across 30 hospitalsGA$134Hawaii: median $374 across 11 hospitalsHI$374Texas: median $188 across 45 hospitalsTX$188Florida: median $286 across 38 hospitalsFL$286
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $166. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Hawaii HI11$374+126%$161 – $555
California CA69$325+96%$166 – $351
Massachusetts MA22$293+77%$191 – $525
Florida FL38$286+73%$148 – $377
South Carolina SC11$273+65%$52 – $282
Arizona AZ17$238+44%$100 – $573
Utah UT12$229+38%$183 – $229
Ohio OH79$203+22%$86 – $407
Washington WA19$196+18%$72 – $282
Alabama AL10$192+16%$104 – $356
Texas TX45$188+14%$74 – $263
New York NY47$185+12%$108 – $360
New Jersey NJ38$182+10%$149 – $304
Michigan MI50$177+7%$82 – $282
Illinois IL55$176+6%$59 – $238
Pennsylvania PA47$173+4%$145 – $256
Virginia VA20$160−3%$56 – $199
Minnesota MN35$159−4%$126 – $170
Wisconsin WI49$144−13%$98 – $191
Georgia GA30$134−19%$107 – $453
North Carolina NC32$132−20%$118 – $182
Missouri MO22$128−23%$70 – $174
Colorado CO22$116−30%$90 – $250
Oregon OR25$116−30%$72 – $194
Indiana IN50$109−34%$61 – $189
Louisiana LA20$99−40%$54 – $125
West Virginia WV11$90−46%$88 – $202
Nebraska NE14$86−48%$58 – $190
Iowa IA30$86−48%$65 – $162
Kansas KS13$78−53%$50 – $122
Tennessee TN16$72−56%$27 – $161
Oklahoma OK13$72−56%$72 – $274
Kentucky KY11$49−70%$34 – $123
Connecticut CT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not 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 $166.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care833$170$86 – $307
Children’s61$233$122 – $574
Critical access183$135$69 – $240
Ownership
For-profit66$164$73 – $294
Government147$138$71 – $286
Non-profit864$171$86 – $306
System affiliation
Part of a system912$170$86 – $300
Independent172$144$69 – $308

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$284
Median cash price$166
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

783 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $170 and the average of the middle 60% is $182; most fall between $86 and $325.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 783 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
$62$98$170$282$390

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.3× what the cheapest tenth charges ($62 vs $390).

Of the 814 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 783 gave a usable cash price; 11 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 20 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,084 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (27%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,139 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,084
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here25
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded29
Hospitals that filed this code1,139

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 Pure Tone Audiometry Air & Bone.

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 threshold test by headphone and bone vibrator (CPT 92553) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-92553-hearing-threshold-test-by-headphone-and-bone-vibrator