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

Speech-generating device evaluation, each extra 30 minutes

CPT 92608the billing code this page is about

Billed in addition to the first hour of a speech-generating device evaluation; each unit covers one further 30 minutes of face-to-face assessment.

Hospitals typically charge $129 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,677 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $132. Most fall between $71 and $219 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,677
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 1,677 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
$54$79$129$193$286

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.3× what the cheapest tenth charges ($54 vs $286).

How the prices are spread

$44 – $55: 102 hospitals$44$55 – $69: 128 hospitals$69 – $85: 161 hospitals$69$85 – $107: 183 hospitals$107 – $133: 200 hospitals$107$133 – $166: 258 hospitals$166 – $206: 188 hospitals$166$206 – $257: 155 hospitals$257 – $321: 89 hospitals$257$321 – $400: 49 hospitals$321median $129price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,513 of 1,677 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$44$55102
$55$69128
$69$85161
$85$107183
$107$133200
$133$166258
$166$206188
$206$257155
$257$32189
$321$40049

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $129.

Alaska: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $90 across 19 hospitalsME$90Vermont: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $100 across 39 hospitalsWA$100Idaho: median $119 across 14 hospitalsID$119Montana: median $106 across 14 hospitalsMT$106North Dakota: median $146 across 11 hospitalsND$146Minnesota: median $170 across 43 hospitalsMN$170Illinois: median $183 across 72 hospitalsIL$183Wisconsin: median $155 across 67 hospitalsWI$155Michigan: median $117 across 53 hospitalsMI$117New York: median $125 across 67 hospitalsNY$125Massachusetts: median $152 across 23 hospitalsMA$152Oregon: median $168 across 37 hospitalsOR$168Nevada: median $150 across 12 hospitalsNV$150Wyoming: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: median $103 across 12 hospitalsSD$103Iowa: median $115 across 43 hospitalsIA$115Indiana: median $101 across 46 hospitalsIN$101Ohio: median $117 across 97 hospitalsOH$117Pennsylvania: median $141 across 57 hospitalsPA$141New Jersey: median $61 across 28 hospitalsNJ$61Connecticut: median $163 across 12 hospitalsCT$163Rhode Island: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $142 across 111 hospitalsCA$142Utah: median $157 across 14 hospitalsUT$157Colorado: median $136 across 40 hospitalsCO$136Nebraska: median $100 across 33 hospitalsNE$100Missouri: median $83 across 28 hospitalsMO$83Kentucky: median $109 across 31 hospitalsKY$109West Virginia: median $143 across 10 hospitalsWV$143Virginia: median $118 across 38 hospitalsVA$118Maryland: median $156 across 28 hospitalsMD$156Delaware: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $75 across 32 hospitalsAZ$75New Mexico: median $102 across 12 hospitalsNM$102Kansas: median $96 across 13 hospitalsKS$96Arkansas: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $60 across 31 hospitalsTN$60North Carolina: median $104 across 39 hospitalsNC$104South Carolina: median $194 across 31 hospitalsSC$194Oklahoma: median $60 across 34 hospitalsOK$60Louisiana: median $44 across 29 hospitalsLA$44Mississippi: median $62 across 18 hospitalsMS$62Alabama: median $101 across 18 hospitalsAL$101Georgia: median $117 across 56 hospitalsGA$117Hawaii: median $145 across 13 hospitalsHI$145Texas: median $163 across 133 hospitalsTX$163Florida: median $113 across 72 hospitalsFL$113
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $129. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
South Carolina SC31$194+50%$104 – $447
Illinois IL72$183+42%$91 – $242
Minnesota MN43$170+32%$114 – $229
Oregon OR37$168+30%$120 – $183
Texas TX133$163+26%$87 – $286
Connecticut CT12$163+26%$123 – $208
Utah UT14$157+22%$157 – $157
Maryland MD28$156+21%$107 – $196
Wisconsin WI67$155+20%$81 – $220
Massachusetts MA23$152+18%$80 – $202
Nevada NV12$150+16%$94 – $261
North Dakota ND11$146+13%$122 – $196
Hawaii HI13$145+12%$94 – $237
West Virginia WV10$143+11%$118 – $180
California CA111$142+10%$114 – $233
Pennsylvania PA57$141+9%$77 – $172
Colorado CO40$136+5%$88 – $233
New York NY67$125−3%$54 – $223
Idaho ID14$119−8%$90 – $194
Virginia VA38$118−9%$71 – $166
Georgia GA56$117−9%$69 – $121
Michigan MI53$117−9%$65 – $214
Ohio OH97$117−9%$88 – $225
Iowa IA43$115−11%$63 – $226
Florida FL72$113−12%$69 – $257
Kentucky KY31$109−16%$67 – $274
Montana MT14$106−18%$74 – $155
North Carolina NC39$104−19%$64 – $141
South Dakota SD12$103−20%$103 – $223
New Mexico NM12$102−21%$55 – $182
Alabama AL18$101−22%$57 – $162
Indiana IN46$101−22%$67 – $123
Washington WA39$100−22%$86 – $199
Nebraska NE33$100−22%$71 – $154
Kansas KS13$96−25%$52 – $455
Maine ME19$90−30%$45 – $163
Missouri MO28$83−36%$62 – $183
Arizona AZ32$75−42%$53 – $479
Mississippi MS18$62−52%$35 – $73
New Jersey NJ28$61−53%$59 – $242
Oklahoma OK34$60−54%$27 – $118
Tennessee TN31$60−54%$46 – $80
Louisiana LA29$44−66%$23 – $81
Alaska AK9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI4not 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 $129.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,284$125$68 – $222
Children’s59$209$146 – $316
Critical access330$123$77 – $196
Ownership
For-profit165$136$68 – $355
Government277$106$64 – $156
Non-profit1,231$136$73 – $223
System affiliation
Part of a system1,409$133$71 – $222
Independent268$118$68 – $215

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$221
Median cash price$129
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

1,208 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $139 and the average of the middle 60% is $139; most fall between $75 and $222.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,208 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
$58$88$139$193$286

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 4.9× what the cheapest tenth charges ($58 vs $286).

Of the 1,290 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,208 gave a usable cash price; 17 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 65 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,677 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (42%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,777 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,677
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here26
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 — excluded74
Hospitals that filed this code1,777

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 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 Diagnostic physical, occupational, and speech therapy family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Rx Sp-Genratj Augmnt&Comunicaj Dev Ea 30 Min.

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, “Speech-generating device evaluation, each extra 30 minutes (CPT 92608) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-92608-speech-generating-device-evaluation-each-extra-30-minutes