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Procedure price report · Ophthalmologic and otologic diagnosis and treatment

Hearing test using picture pointing

CPT 92583the billing code this page is about

A speech hearing test in which the patient points to pictures matching spoken words, used mainly with young children.

Hospitals typically charge $96 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 568 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $96. Most fall between $62 and $147 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
568
States
48
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 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 568 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
$43$64$96$132$218

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.1× what the cheapest tenth charges ($43 vs $218).

How the prices are spread

$33 – $41: 25 hospitals$33$41 – $51: 26 hospitals$51 – $63: 57 hospitals$51$63 – $78: 95 hospitals$78 – $96: 56 hospitals$78$96 – $119: 102 hospitals$119 – $146: 65 hospitals$119$146 – $181: 48 hospitals$181 – $223: 15 hospitals$181$223 – $276: 26 hospitals$223median $96price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (515 of 568 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$33$4125
$41$5126
$51$6357
$63$7895
$78$9656
$96$119102
$119$14665
$146$18148
$181$22315
$223$27626

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$60
Median cash price$96
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.59×

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 $96.

Alaska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNHWashington: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 5 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 $69 across 10 hospitalsMN$69Illinois: median $89 across 31 hospitalsIL$89Wisconsin: median $128 across 38 hospitalsWI$128Michigan: median $81 across 12 hospitalsMI$81New York: median $74 across 36 hospitalsNY$74Massachusetts: median $83 across 13 hospitalsMA$83Oregon: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 4 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 $106 across 17 hospitalsIA$106Indiana: median $76 across 32 hospitalsIN$76Ohio: median $70 across 34 hospitalsOH$70Pennsylvania: median $128 across 17 hospitalsPA$128New Jersey: median $70 across 26 hospitalsNJ$70Connecticut: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $113 across 49 hospitalsCA$113Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $62 across 11 hospitalsWV$62Virginia: median $111 across 19 hospitalsVA$111Maryland: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 4 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 $62 across 22 hospitalsNC$62South Carolina: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $90 across 13 hospitalsOK$90Louisiana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $112 across 32 hospitalsTX$112Florida: median $95 across 16 hospitalsFL$95
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $96. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Wisconsin WI38$128+33%$105 – $270
Pennsylvania PA17$128+33%$74 – $345
California CA49$113+17%$99 – $114
Texas TX32$112+16%$70 – $169
Virginia VA19$111+16%$35 – $147
Iowa IA17$106+10%$106 – $106
Florida FL16$95−1%$59 – $134
Oklahoma OK13$90−6%$90 – $106
Illinois IL31$89−7%$45 – $126
Massachusetts MA13$83−13%$63 – $130
Michigan MI12$81−15%$81 – $128
Indiana IN32$76−21%$45 – $170
New York NY36$74−23%$70 – $250
Ohio OH34$70−27%$68 – $109
New Jersey NJ26$70−27%$65 – $284
Minnesota MN10$69−29%$69 – $73
North Carolina NC22$62−35%$56 – $78
West Virginia WV11$62−36%$62 – $225
Tennessee TN9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV1not 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 $96.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care446$90$59 – $147
Children’s37$117$63 – $172
Critical access83$109$65 – $142
Ownership
For-profit37$90$37 – $170
Government84$70$62 – $126
Non-profit445$104$62 – $148
System affiliation
Part of a system478$101$62 – $147
Independent90$78$58 – $138

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$171
Median cash price$96
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

419 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $106 and the average of the middle 60% is $102; most fall between $62 and $153.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 419 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
$43$68$106$138$228

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.3× what the cheapest tenth charges ($43 vs $228).

Of the 439 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 419 gave a usable cash price; 6 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 14 a list price only.

How complete is this

568 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (14%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 595 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted568
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here9
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 — excluded18
Hospitals that filed this code595

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 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 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 SELECT PICTURE 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.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Hearing test using picture pointing (CPT 92583) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-92583-hearing-test-using-picture-pointing