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Procedure price report · Ophthalmologic and otologic diagnosis and treatment

Hearing processing testing, each extra 15 minutes

CPT 92621the billing code this page is about

Added to the initial hour of central auditory processing testing; each unit covers one further 15 minutes.

Hospitals typically charge $61 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 451 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $62. Most fall between $26 and $103 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
451
States
47
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 451 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
$19$33$61$93$172

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.1× what the cheapest tenth charges ($19 vs $172).

How the prices are spread

$12 – $17: 14 hospitals$12$17 – $22: 41 hospitals$22 – $30: 24 hospitals$22$30 – $40: 47 hospitals$40 – $53: 51 hospitals$40$53 – $71: 63 hospitals$71 – $95: 82 hospitals$71$95 – $127: 38 hospitals$127 – $169: 19 hospitals$127$169 – $226: 28 hospitals$169median $61price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (407 of 451 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$12$1714
$17$2241
$22$3024
$30$4047
$40$5351
$53$7163
$71$9582
$95$12738
$127$16919
$169$22628

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $61.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMNIllinois: median $48 across 22 hospitalsIL$48Wisconsin: median $70 across 18 hospitalsWI$70Michigan: median $32 across 14 hospitalsMI$32New York: median $55 across 18 hospitalsNY$55Massachusetts: median $117 across 13 hospitalsMA$117Oregon: 5 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: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $50 across 13 hospitalsIA$50Indiana: median $25 across 12 hospitalsIN$25Ohio: median $135 across 24 hospitalsOH$135Pennsylvania: median $25 across 23 hospitalsPA$25New Jersey: median $169 across 22 hospitalsNJ$169Connecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $80 across 35 hospitalsCA$80Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $48 across 10 hospitalsMO$48Kentucky: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $55 across 20 hospitalsVA$55Maryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceKSArkansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $14 across 11 hospitalsTN$14North Carolina: median $42 across 29 hospitalsNC$42South Carolina: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $36 across 10 hospitalsOK$36Louisiana: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $108 across 15 hospitalsGA$108Hawaii: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $87 across 26 hospitalsTX$87Florida: median $81 across 29 hospitalsFL$81
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $61. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ22$169+177%$41 – $256
Ohio OH24$135+121%$58 – $191
Massachusetts MA13$117+92%$61 – $190
Georgia GA15$108+77%$96 – $108
Texas TX26$87+42%$34 – $88
Florida FL29$81+33%$58 – $151
California CA35$80+30%$34 – $80
Wisconsin WI18$70+15%$70 – $70
New York NY18$55−10%$21 – $190
Virginia VA20$55−10%$37 – $93
Iowa IA13$50−17%$50 – $50
Illinois IL22$48−21%$20 – $70
Missouri MO10$48−21%$29 – $65
North Carolina NC29$42−31%$32 – $90
Oklahoma OK10$36−40%$36 – $36
Michigan MI14$32−47%$21 – $70
Pennsylvania PA23$25−59%$12 – $156
Indiana IN12$25−60%$15 – $44
Tennessee TN11$14−77%$5 – $26
Louisiana LA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Minnesota MN3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV1not 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 $61.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care366$56$25 – $96
Children’s41$96$59 – $171
Critical access42$53$25 – $71
Ownership
For-profit29$64$20 – $117
Government59$42$24 – $83
Non-profit361$66$29 – $107
System affiliation
Part of a system383$66$26 – $104
Independent68$38$24 – $100

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$108
Median cash price$61
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

329 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $66 and the average of the middle 60% is $63; most fall between $29 and $99.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 329 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
$20$35$66$93$178

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.9× what the cheapest tenth charges ($20 vs $178).

Of the 351 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 329 gave a usable cash price; 8 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

451 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (11%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 496 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted451
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 — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded35
Hospitals that filed this code496

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 Ophthalmologic and otologic diagnosis and treatment family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Eval Central Auditory Funcj W/Reprt Ea 15 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, “Hearing processing testing, each extra 15 minutes (CPT 92621) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-92621-hearing-processing-testing-each-extra-15-minutes