Speech evaluation cost in Philadelphia, PA
In Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD, 21 hospitals list a cash price for speech and language evaluation: from $96.50 to $1,610.12, with a median of $376.35. The lowest listed price is at Virtua West Jersey Hospital - Marlton and 4 other hospitals — $279.85 less than the median here. Across Pennsylvania, the median is $533.35 at 54 hospitals.
- The median here, $376.35, is 10% above the US median of $340.80.
- That is 1.7× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($226.46).
- 7 of 21 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 21 facilities across 16 cities for code 92523, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Oct 26, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Dec 31, 2025 and Sep 21, 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 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virtua West Jersey Hospital - Marlton lowest Voorhees, NJ · (856) 247-3000 HC Evaluation Speech Sound With Lang Comp File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $96.50 | $965.00 | $64.00–$176.00 | 90% |
| Virtua West Jersey Hospital - Voorhees lowest Voorhees, NJ · (856) 247-3000 HC Evaluation Speech Sound With Lang Comp+1 more line at this price File of Jun 1, 2026 · source file | $96.50 | $965.00 | $64.00–$176.00 | 90% |
| Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes lowest Camden, NJ · (856) 886-5373 HC Evaluation Speech Sound With Lang Comp File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $96.50 | $965.00 | $64.00–$176.00 | 90% |
| Virtua Memorial Hospital lowest Mount Holly, NJ · (609) 267-0700 HC Evaluation Speech Sound With Lang Comp File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $96.50 | $965.00 | $64.00–$176.00 | 90% |
| Virtua Willingboro Hospital lowest Willinboro, NJ · (609) 835-2900 HC Evaluation Speech Sound With Lang Comp File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $96.50 | $965.00 | $64.00–$176.00 | 90% |
| Roxborough Memorial Hospital Philadelphia, PA · (215) 483-9900 Hc St Eval Speech Sound Prod Languag Comprhns, 15 Min File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $232.00 | $1,135.01 | $180.00–$1,100.96 | 80% |
| Lower Bucks Hospital Bristol, PA · (215) 785-9200 Hc St Eval Speech Sound Prod Languag Comprhns, 15 Min File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $232.00 | $629.00 | $109.38–$503.20 | 63% |
| Nazareth Hospital Philadelphia, PA · (215) 335-6000 HC St Evaluate Speech Sound Production Comprehensive/Expressive File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $258.70 | $398.00 | $134.52–$632.76 | 35% |
| Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital Darby, PA · (215) 237-4000 HC St Evaluate Speech Sound Production Comprehensive/Expressive File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $348.40 | $536.00 | $157.50–$632.76 | 35% |
| St Mary Medical Center Langhorne, PA · (215) 750-2003 HC St Evaluate Speech Sound Production Comprehensive/Expressive File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $375.70 | $578.00 | $75.14–$632.76 | 35% |
| St. Francis Hospital Wilmington, DE · (302) 421-4100 HC St Evaluate Speech Sound Production Comprehensive/Expressive File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $376.35 | $579.00 | $164.65–$1,493.34 | 35% |
| Holy Redeemer Hospital and Medical Center Meadowbrook, PA · (215) 947-3000 Eval Speech Language Comp - PedR+2 more lines at this price File of Sep 21, 2026 · source file | $421.98 | $703.29 | $126.34–$349.27 | 40% |
| Shriners Childrens - Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA · (215) 430-4000 EVALUATION OF SPEECH SOUND PRODUCTION WITH EVALUATION OF LANGUAGE COMPREHENSION AND EXPRESSION File of Mar 19, 2026 · source file | $568.50 | $568.50 | $65.42–$325.98 | — |
| Inspira Medical Center Mannington Salem, NJ EVAL SPEECH SOUND W LANG COMP File of Mar 24, 2026 · source file | $817.14 | $817.14 | $60.00–$416.74 | — |
| Inspira Medical Center Mullica Hill Mullica Hill, NJ · (856) 363-1000 EVAL SPEECH SOUND W LANG COMP File of Mar 24, 2026 · source file | $817.14 | $817.14 | $60.00–$493.28 | — |
| Inspira Medical Center Elmer Elmer, NJ · (856) 363-1000 EVAL SPEECH SOUND W LANG COMP File of Mar 24, 2026 · source file | $817.14 | $817.14 | $60.00–$416.74 | — |
| Inspira Health Center Woodbury Woodbury, NJ EVAL SPEECH SOUND W LANG COMP File of Mar 24, 2026 · source file | $817.14 | $817.14 | $60.00–$416.74 | — |
| St Luke's Hospital - Grand View Campus Sellersville, PA · (215) 453-4000 HB SPEECH SOUND LANG COMPREHEN File of Feb 26, 2026 · source file | $1,133.10 | $1,259.00 | $136.00–$1,070.15 | 10% |
| St Luke's Hospital - Upper Bucks Campus Quakertown, PA · (267) 985-1000 HB SPEECH SOUND LANG COMPREHEN File of Feb 26, 2026 · source file | $1,133.10 | $1,259.00 | $120.86–$1,042.70 | 10% |
| Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware Wilmington, DE · (302) 651-4000 Speech Sound Productn Eval W Language Comprehen and Expressn Comdis+3 more lines at this price File of Mar 10, 2026 · source file | $1,271.00 | $1,271.00 | — | — |
| The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA · (215) 590-1000 Eval Speech/Language (Th)+2 more lines at this price File of Dec 31, 2025 · source file | $1,610.12 | $1,610.12 | $70.00–$1,449.11 | — |
| Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware Wilmington, DE · (302) 651-4000 Evaluation of Sound Prod/Language Rhb+3 more lines at this price File of Mar 10, 2026 · source file | $1,694.00 | $1,694.00 | — | — |
Outpatient: lowest $96.50, median $376.35, highest $1,610.12 — a 16.7× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 12 facilities here, median $817.14. 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 20 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.
What speech evaluation is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Speech evaluation explained.