Speech evaluation cost in Louisville, KY
In Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN, 11 hospitals list a cash price for speech and language evaluation: from $71.96 to $824.80, with a median of $126.40. The lowest listed price is at Norton Clark Hospital — $54.44 less than the median here. Across Kentucky, the median is $276.29 at 54 hospitals.
- The median here, $126.40, is 63% below the US median of $340.80.
- That is 0.6× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($226.46).
- Louisville, KY has the lowest median of 2 metro areas in Kentucky with at least 10 hospitals pricing this code.
- 1 of 11 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 11 facilities across 6 cities for code 92523, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 9, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 11, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norton Clark Hospital lowest Jeffersonville, IN · (812) 283-2147 HB SPCH SOUND LANG CMPREHEN - IP+1 more line at this price File of Jun 3, 2026 · source file | $71.96 | $514.00 | $116.00–$449.75 | 86% |
| Norton Children's Hospital Louisville, KY HB PEDS SPCH SND LANG CMPREHN -IP+4 more lines at this price File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $126.40 | $632.00 | $104.28–$537.20 | 80% |
| Norton Hospital Louisville, KY · (502) 629-8000 HB SPCH SOUND LANG CMPREHEN - OP+4 more lines at this price File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $126.40 | $632.00 | $104.28–$582.70 | 80% |
| Norton Brownsboro Hospital Louisville, KY HB PEDS SPCH SND LANG CMPREHN -OP+4 more lines at this price File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $126.40 | $632.00 | $104.28–$582.70 | 80% |
| Norton Women's and Kosair Children's Hospital Louisville, KY HB SPCH SOUND LANG CMPREHEN - OP+4 more lines at this price File of Feb 13, 2026 · source file | $126.40 | $632.00 | $104.28–$582.70 | 80% |
| Norton West Louisville Hospital Louisville, KY HB SPCH SOUND LANG CMPREHEN - OP+4 more lines at this price File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $126.40 | $632.00 | $104.28–$582.70 | 80% |
| CHI Saint Joseph Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown, KY · (502) 350-5000 HC Speech Sound Lang Comprehen File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $130.40 | $309.00 | $57.23–$422.84 | 58% |
| Cobalt Rehabilitation Hospital Louisville Clarksville, IN Eval of speech/language comp File of Aug 6, 2026 · source file | $150.00 | $150.00 | $37.50–$433.90 | — |
| Baptist Health Louisville Louisville, KY · (502) 897-8100 Evaluation of speech sound production with evaluation of language comprehension and expression File of Sep 25, 2026 · source file | $824.80 | $1,099.73 | $120.97–$2,199.46 | 25% |
| Baptist Health Floyd New Albany, IN · (812) 944-7701 Evaluation of speech sound production with evaluation of language comprehension and expression File of Sep 25, 2026 · source file | $824.80 | $1,099.73 | $167.00–$1,649.60 | 25% |
| Baptist Health LaGrange La Grange, KY · (502) 222-5388 Evaluation of speech sound production with evaluation of language comprehension and expression File of Sep 25, 2026 · source file | $824.80 | $1,099.73 | $98.98–$2,199.46 | 25% |
Outpatient: lowest $71.96, median $126.40, highest $824.80 — a 11.5× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 8 facilities here, median $126.40. 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 11 of 11 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 1 it is 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.
What speech evaluation is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Speech evaluation explained.