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Procedure price report · Diagnostic physical, occupational, and speech therapy

Evaluation for non-speech communication device, first hour

CPT 92605the billing code this page is about

Face-to-face assessment to determine which non-speech-generating communication aid fits a patient's needs; this code covers the first hour of that evaluation, with added time billed separately.

Hospitals typically charge $265 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 840 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $262. Most fall between $138 and $435 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
840
States
50
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 840 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
$91$154$265$374$551

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($91 vs $551).

How the prices are spread

$77 – $97: 46 hospitals$77$97 – $122: 49 hospitals$122 – $153: 66 hospitals$122$153 – $193: 96 hospitals$193 – $242: 84 hospitals$193$242 – $304: 135 hospitals$304 – $382: 121 hospitals$304$382 – $480: 82 hospitals$480 – $603: 56 hospitals$480$603 – $757: 22 hospitals$603median $265price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (757 of 840 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$77$9746
$97$12249
$122$15366
$153$19396
$193$24284
$242$304135
$304$382121
$382$48082
$480$60356
$603$75722

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $265.

Alaska: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $185 across 15 hospitalsME$185Vermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $315 across 21 hospitalsWA$315Idaho: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 2 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 $249 across 29 hospitalsMN$249Illinois: median $302 across 28 hospitalsIL$302Wisconsin: median $285 across 41 hospitalsWI$285Michigan: median $479 across 26 hospitalsMI$479New York: median $237 across 37 hospitalsNY$237Massachusetts: median $351 across 17 hospitalsMA$351Oregon: median $257 across 26 hospitalsOR$257Nevada: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $211 across 21 hospitalsIA$211Indiana: median $212 across 43 hospitalsIN$212Ohio: median $412 across 27 hospitalsOH$412Pennsylvania: median $243 across 38 hospitalsPA$243New Jersey: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNJConnecticut: 5 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 $336 across 55 hospitalsCA$336Utah: median $290 across 12 hospitalsUT$290Colorado: median $258 across 31 hospitalsCO$258Nebraska: median $180 across 16 hospitalsNE$180Missouri: median $203 across 18 hospitalsMO$203Kentucky: median $313 across 20 hospitalsKY$313West Virginia: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $164 across 18 hospitalsVA$164Maryland: median $173 across 21 hospitalsMD$173Delaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $184 across 19 hospitalsAZ$184New Mexico: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $90 across 19 hospitalsTN$90North Carolina: median $164 across 23 hospitalsNC$164South Carolina: median $454 across 12 hospitalsSC$454Oklahoma: median $154 across 18 hospitalsOK$154Louisiana: median $116 across 11 hospitalsLA$116Mississippi: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $285 across 26 hospitalsGA$285Hawaii: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $274 across 35 hospitalsTX$274Florida: median $188 across 21 hospitalsFL$188
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $265. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Michigan MI26$479+81%$171 – $684
South Carolina SC12$454+71%$150 – $454
Ohio OH27$412+55%$236 – $527
Massachusetts MA17$351+32%$300 – $566
California CA55$336+27%$205 – $742
Washington WA21$315+19%$195 – $460
Kentucky KY20$313+18%$126 – $432
Illinois IL28$302+14%$149 – $488
Utah UT12$290+9%$290 – $290
Georgia GA26$285+7%$285 – $533
Wisconsin WI41$285+7%$265 – $322
Texas TX35$274+3%$83 – $461
Colorado CO31$258−3%$105 – $347
Oregon OR26$257−3%$177 – $354
Minnesota MN29$249−6%$229 – $329
Pennsylvania PA38$243−9%$66 – $435
New York NY37$237−11%$172 – $463
Indiana IN43$212−20%$147 – $281
Iowa IA21$211−20%$164 – $211
Missouri MO18$203−23%$112 – $396
Florida FL21$188−29%$144 – $213
Maine ME15$185−30%$63 – $382
Arizona AZ19$184−31%$107 – $1,033
Nebraska NE16$180−32%$125 – $297
Maryland MD21$173−35%$131 – $223
North Carolina NC23$164−38%$138 – $243
Virginia VA18$164−38%$85 – $318
Oklahoma OK18$154−42%$154 – $354
Louisiana LA11$116−56%$78 – $190
Tennessee TN19$90−66%$90 – $303
Alaska AK8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Jersey NJ6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not 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 $265.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care643$247$130 – $432
Children’s44$531$315 – $749
Critical access152$265$163 – $364
Ownership
For-profit71$285$144 – $869
Government109$222$138 – $368
Non-profit659$265$137 – $432
System affiliation
Part of a system698$265$138 – $432
Independent142$267$130 – $442

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$429
Median cash price$265
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

619 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $270 and the average of the middle 60% is $267; most fall between $149 and $439.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 619 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
$103$164$270$367$533

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.2× what the cheapest tenth charges ($103 vs $533).

Of the 653 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 619 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 28 a list price only.

How complete is this

840 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (21%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 917 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted840
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here7
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 — excluded70
Hospitals that filed this code917

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 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 Diagnostic physical, occupational, and speech therapy family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as EX FOR NONSPEECH DEVICE RX.

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, “Evaluation for non-speech communication device, first hour (CPT 92605) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-92605-evaluation-for-non-speech-communication-device-first-hour