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Procedure price report · Ophthalmologic and otologic diagnosis and treatment

Full inner ear echo hearing evaluation

CPT 92588the billing code this page is about

A complete diagnostic test measuring the faint sounds produced by the inner ear across many frequencies, with interpretation and a written report.

Hospitals typically charge $273 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,010 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $279. Most fall between $90 and $518 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,010
States
50
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 1,010 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
$49$114$273$468$774

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 16× what the cheapest tenth charges ($49 vs $774).

How the prices are spread

$32 – $44: 46 hospitals$32$44 – $62: 36 hospitals$62 – $86: 58 hospitals$62$86 – $119: 88 hospitals$119 – $166: 64 hospitals$119$166 – $231: 114 hospitals$231 – $322: 128 hospitals$231$322 – $448: 164 hospitals$448 – $624: 107 hospitals$448$624 – $868: 118 hospitals$624median $273price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (923 of 1,010 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$32$4446
$44$6236
$62$8658
$86$11988
$119$16664
$166$231114
$231$322128
$322$448164
$448$624107
$624$868118

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$381
Median cash price$273
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.72×

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 $273.

Alaska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $303 across 20 hospitalsWA$303Idaho: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $273 across 33 hospitalsMN$273Illinois: median $176 across 42 hospitalsIL$176Wisconsin: median $190 across 35 hospitalsWI$190Michigan: median $128 across 39 hospitalsMI$128New York: median $391 across 47 hospitalsNY$391Massachusetts: median $410 across 20 hospitalsMA$410Oregon: median $91 across 22 hospitalsOR$91Nevada: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $84 across 22 hospitalsIA$84Indiana: median $107 across 42 hospitalsIN$107Ohio: median $545 across 54 hospitalsOH$545Pennsylvania: median $367 across 50 hospitalsPA$367New Jersey: median $361 across 39 hospitalsNJ$361Connecticut: 6 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 $712 across 56 hospitalsCA$712Utah: median $143 across 26 hospitalsUT$143Colorado: median $237 across 12 hospitalsCO$237Nebraska: median $107 across 14 hospitalsNE$107Missouri: median $175 across 18 hospitalsMO$175Kentucky: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $109 across 16 hospitalsWV$109Virginia: median $288 across 24 hospitalsVA$288Maryland: median $146 across 10 hospitalsMD$146Delaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $650 across 14 hospitalsAZ$650New Mexico: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $98 across 10 hospitalsKS$98Arkansas: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $95 across 18 hospitalsTN$95North Carolina: median $179 across 31 hospitalsNC$179South Carolina: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOKLouisiana: median $160 across 21 hospitalsLA$160Mississippi: 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 $452 across 46 hospitalsGA$452Hawaii: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $375 across 66 hospitalsTX$375Florida: median $458 across 40 hospitalsFL$458
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $273. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA56$712+160%$235 – $868
Arizona AZ14$650+138%$137 – $650
Ohio OH54$545+99%$261 – $810
Florida FL40$458+68%$132 – $627
Georgia GA46$452+65%$87 – $727
Massachusetts MA20$410+50%$311 – $585
New York NY47$391+43%$246 – $742
Texas TX66$375+37%$176 – $412
Pennsylvania PA50$367+34%$35 – $538
New Jersey NJ39$361+32%$165 – $633
Washington WA20$303+11%$212 – $492
Virginia VA24$288+5%$203 – $517
Minnesota MN33$2730%$49 – $383
Colorado CO12$237−13%$193 – $578
Wisconsin WI35$190−30%$173 – $327
North Carolina NC31$179−35%$179 – $262
Illinois IL42$176−36%$54 – $450
Missouri MO18$175−36%$44 – $268
Louisiana LA21$160−41%$83 – $298
Maryland MD10$146−47%$54 – $226
Utah UT26$143−48%$114 – $159
Michigan MI39$128−53%$32 – $447
West Virginia WV16$109−60%$37 – $191
Indiana IN42$107−61%$74 – $226
Nebraska NE14$107−61%$38 – $289
Kansas KS10$98−64%$58 – $426
Tennessee TN18$95−65%$26 – $281
Oregon OR22$91−67%$61 – $281
Iowa IA22$84−69%$39 – $357
Idaho ID9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oklahoma OK2not 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 $273.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care788$283$90 – $554
Children’s60$353$165 – $840
Critical access156$177$62 – $382
Ownership
For-profit80$337$87 – $643
Government136$257$112 – $503
Non-profit788$273$87 – $517
System affiliation
Part of a system855$280$89 – $518
Independent155$249$92 – $496

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$433
Median cash price$273
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

718 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $280 and the average of the middle 60% is $291; most fall between $100 and $565.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 718 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
$59$125$280$485$809

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($59 vs $809).

Of the 769 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 718 gave a usable cash price; 36 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

1,010 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (26%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,079 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,010
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here48
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 code1,079

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 Distrt Prod Evokd Otoacoustic Emsns Comp/Dx Eval|TECHNICAL 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, “Full inner ear echo hearing evaluation (CPT 92588) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-92588-full-inner-ear-echo-hearing-evaluation