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Procedure price report · Ophthalmologic and otologic diagnosis and treatment

Infant hearing test using visual rewards

CPT 92579the billing code this page is about

A hearing test for babies and very young children in which sounds are paired with a light or toy display to confirm the child heard the sound.

Hospitals typically charge $189 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 938 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $198. Most fall between $88 and $338 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
938
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 938 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
$55$105$189$297$439

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($55 vs $439).

How the prices are spread

$35 – $46: 31 hospitals$35$46 – $60: 41 hospitals$60 – $79: 54 hospitals$60$79 – $104: 67 hospitals$104 – $137: 96 hospitals$104$137 – $180: 102 hospitals$180 – $237: 146 hospitals$180$237 – $313: 151 hospitals$313 – $411: 94 hospitals$313$411 – $542: 70 hospitals$411median $189price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (852 of 938 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$35$4631
$46$6041
$60$7954
$79$10467
$104$13796
$137$180102
$180$237146
$237$313151
$313$41194
$411$54270

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$221
Median cash price$189
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.86×

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 $189.

Alaska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 8 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 $279 across 19 hospitalsWA$279Idaho: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 3 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 $145 across 26 hospitalsMN$145Illinois: median $156 across 42 hospitalsIL$156Wisconsin: median $120 across 47 hospitalsWI$120Michigan: median $297 across 41 hospitalsMI$297New York: median $185 across 64 hospitalsNY$185Massachusetts: median $273 across 21 hospitalsMA$273Oregon: median $190 across 14 hospitalsOR$190Nevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $104 across 20 hospitalsIA$104Indiana: median $106 across 50 hospitalsIN$106Ohio: median $205 across 41 hospitalsOH$205Pennsylvania: median $244 across 39 hospitalsPA$244New Jersey: median $205 across 38 hospitalsNJ$205Connecticut: 7 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 $353 across 53 hospitalsCA$353Utah: median $362 across 10 hospitalsUT$362Colorado: median $174 across 16 hospitalsCO$174Nebraska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $141 across 19 hospitalsMO$141Kentucky: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $84 across 15 hospitalsWV$84Virginia: median $73 across 14 hospitalsVA$73Maryland: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $491 across 15 hospitalsAZ$491New Mexico: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $68 across 12 hospitalsKS$68Arkansas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $109 across 14 hospitalsTN$109North Carolina: median $275 across 30 hospitalsNC$275South Carolina: median $273 across 11 hospitalsSC$273Oklahoma: median $71 across 13 hospitalsOK$71Louisiana: median $99 across 19 hospitalsLA$99Mississippi: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $302 across 29 hospitalsGA$302Hawaii: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $215 across 46 hospitalsTX$215Florida: median $286 across 37 hospitalsFL$286
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $189. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Arizona AZ15$491+160%$112 – $491
Utah UT10$362+91%$311 – $402
California CA53$353+87%$140 – $452
Georgia GA29$302+60%$189 – $907
Michigan MI41$297+57%$120 – $314
Florida FL37$286+51%$148 – $377
Washington WA19$279+48%$97 – $308
North Carolina NC30$275+46%$208 – $287
Massachusetts MA21$273+44%$216 – $422
South Carolina SC11$273+44%$50 – $282
Pennsylvania PA39$244+29%$27 – $282
Texas TX46$215+14%$105 – $288
Ohio OH41$205+9%$193 – $287
New Jersey NJ38$205+9%$131 – $416
Oregon OR14$1900%$187 – $198
New York NY64$185−2%$137 – $386
Colorado CO16$174−8%$126 – $424
Illinois IL42$156−18%$71 – $370
Minnesota MN26$145−23%$106 – $182
Missouri MO19$141−25%$105 – $213
Wisconsin WI47$120−36%$55 – $205
Tennessee TN14$109−43%$30 – $210
Indiana IN50$106−44%$61 – $257
Iowa IA20$104−45%$101 – $162
Louisiana LA19$99−47%$49 – $212
West Virginia WV15$84−55%$33 – $142
Virginia VA14$73−62%$30 – $253
Oklahoma OK13$71−62%$71 – $284
Kansas KS12$68−64%$55 – $188
Hawaii HI9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY5not 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
Montana MT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not 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 $189.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care723$190$86 – $337
Children’s60$279$160 – $637
Critical access151$137$72 – $279
Ownership
For-profit58$189$71 – $414
Government135$162$87 – $287
Non-profit741$193$90 – $338
System affiliation
Part of a system789$192$89 – $338
Independent149$152$85 – $333

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$340
Median cash price$189
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

652 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $203 and the average of the middle 60% is $214; most fall between $92 and $353.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 652 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
$56$105$203$312$451

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.1× what the cheapest tenth charges ($56 vs $451).

Of the 677 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 652 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 15 a list price only.

How complete is this

938 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (24%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 969 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted938
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here10
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 — excluded20
Hospitals that filed this code969

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 Visual Reinforcement Audiometry.

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, “Infant hearing test using visual rewards (CPT 92579) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-92579-infant-hearing-test-using-visual-rewards