Speech evaluation cost in Kansas City, MO
In Kansas City, MO-KS, 15 hospitals list a cash price for speech and language evaluation: from $216.00 to $1,372.36, with a median of $523.75. The lowest listed price is at Saint John Hospital and 1 other hospital — $307.75 less than the median here. Across Missouri, the median is $256.80 at 49 hospitals.
- The median here, $523.75, is 54% above the US median of $340.80.
- That is 2.3× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($226.46).
- Kansas City, MO ranks 2nd of 2 metro areas in Missouri by median, cheapest first.
- 8 of 15 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 15 facilities across 9 cities for code 92523, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Oct 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 17, 2026 and Sep 1, 2026.
Lowest$216.00Saint John Hospital + 1 more
Median$523.75half of hospitals charge less
Highest$1,372.36in this market
Difference6.4×highest vs lowest
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Kansas City, MO-KS.
median
Lowest $216.00Highest $1,372.36
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint John Hospital lowest Leavenworth, KS · (913) 680-6000 Hc St Eval Speech Sound Prod Languag Comprhns, 30 Min+5 more lines at this price File of Mar 17, 2026 · source file | $216.00 | $510.75 | $153.23–$434.14 | 58% |
| Providence Medical Center lowest Kansas City, KS · (913) 596-4000 Hc St Eval Speech Sound Prod Languag Comprhns, 15 Min+5 more lines at this price File of Mar 17, 2026 · source file | $216.00 | $685.10 | $70.35–$633.03 | 68% |
| St Joseph Medical Center Kansas City, MO · (816) 942-4400 Hc St Eval Speech Sound Prod Languag Comprhns, 45 Min+5 more lines at this price File of Mar 17, 2026 · source file | $220.00 | $691.85 | $167.63–$691.85 | 68% |
| Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City, MO · (816) 234-3000 SPEECH EVALUATION BRIEF File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $256.80 | $535.00 | $219.35–$602.22 | 52% |
| Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas Overland Park, KS · (913) 696-8000 SPEECH EVALUATION BRIEF File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $256.80 | $535.00 | $197.45–$602.22 | 52% |
| Bates County Memorial Hospital Butler, MO · (660) 200-7000 EVALUATION OF LANGUAGE COMPREHENSION & EXPRESSION File of Apr 20, 2026 · source file | $374.02 | $534.31 | $171.59–$454.16 | 30% |
| Bates County Memorial Hospital Butler, MO · (660) 200-7000 SPEECH SOUND LANG COMPREHEN File of Apr 20, 2026 · source file | $400.52 | $572.17 | $171.59–$486.34 | 30% |
| Cass Regional Medical Center Harrisonville, MO · (816) 380-5888 EVAL SPEECH SOUND 92523 File of Apr 7, 2026 · source file | $502.60 | $718.00 | $93.34–$695.74 | 30% |
| Rehabilitation Hospital of Overland Park Overland Park, KS Eval of speech/language comp File of Aug 6, 2026 · source file | $523.75 | $523.75 | $80.97–$471.38 | — |
| Cass Regional Medical Center Harrisonville, MO · (816) 380-5888 Eval speech w/language+1 more line at this price File of Apr 7, 2026 · source file | $532.70 | $761.00 | $98.93–$737.41 | 30% |
| Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas Overland Park, KS · (913) 696-8000 SPEECH EVALUATION COMPLETE TELEHEALTH+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $614.40 | $1,280.00 | $197.45–$1,152.00 | 52% |
| Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City, MO · (816) 234-3000 SPEECH EVALUATION COMPLETE TELEHEALTH+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $614.40 | $1,280.00 | $524.80–$1,152.00 | 52% |
| Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City, MO · (816) 234-3000 SPEECH EVALUATION COMPLEX+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $643.20 | $1,340.00 | $529.17–$1,206.00 | 52% |
| Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas Overland Park, KS · (913) 696-8000 SPEECH EVALUATION COMPLETE+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $643.20 | $1,340.00 | $197.45–$1,206.00 | 52% |
| Menorah Medical Center Overland Park, KS · (913) 498-6000 Evaluation of speech sound production (eg, articulation, phonological process, apraxia, dysarthria); with evaluation of language comprehension and expression (eg, receptive and expressive language) File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $740.19 | $740.19 | $182.72–$232.08 | — |
| AdventHealth Shawnee Mission Shawnee Mission, KS · (913) 676-2152 HC EVAL SPEECH SOUND PRODUCT LANGUAGE COMPREHENSION File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $911.40 | $911.40 | — | — |
| AdventHealth South Overland Park Overland Park, KS · (913) 373-2000 HC EVAL SPEECH SOUND PRODUCT LANGUAGE COMPREHENSION File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $911.40 | $911.40 | — | — |
| Belton Regional Medical Center Kansas City, MO · (816) 348-1200 Evaluation of speech sound production (eg, articulation, phonological process, apraxia, dysarthria); with evaluation of language comprehension and expression (eg, receptive and expressive language) File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $1,101.91 | $1,101.91 | $498.63 | — |
| Overland Park Regional Medical Center Olathe, KS · (913) 541-5000 Evaluation of speech sound production (eg, articulation, phonological process, apraxia, dysarthria); with evaluation of language comprehension and expression (eg, receptive and expressive language) File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $1,104.60 | $1,104.60 | $498.63 | — |
| Research Medical Center Kansas City, MO · (816) 276-4000 Evaluation of speech sound production (eg, articulation, phonological process, apraxia, dysarthria); with evaluation of language comprehension and expression (eg, receptive and expressive language) File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $1,112.29 | $1,112.29 | $498.63 | — |
| Lafayette Regional Health Center Lexington, MO · (660) 259-2203 Evaluation of speech sound production (eg, articulation, phonological process, apraxia, dysarthria); with evaluation of language comprehension and expression (eg, receptive and expressive language) File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $1,372.36 | $1,372.36 | $182.72–$212.94 | — |
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More
Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.
At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking. More
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More
Outpatient: lowest $216.00, median $523.75, highest $1,372.36 — a 6.4× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 7 facilities here, median $502.60. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 7 of 13 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
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