Speech evaluation cost in San Antonio, TX
In San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX, 14 hospitals list a cash price for speech and language evaluation: from $152.00 to $1,023.45, with a median of $966.58. The lowest listed price is at University Health System — $814.58 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $380.08 at 200 hospitals.
- The median here, $966.58, is 184% above the US median of $340.80.
- That is 4.3× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($226.46).
- San Antonio, TX ranks 4th of 4 metro areas in Texas by median, cheapest first.
- 12 of 14 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 14 facilities across 4 cities for code 92523, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 4, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jul 29, 2026 and Oct 7, 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 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University Health System lowest San Antonio, TX · (210) 358-2000 HC SLP EVAL SPEECH SOUND PRODUCT LANGUAGE COMPREHENSION+1 more line at this price File of Oct 7, 2026 · source file | $152.00 | $608.00 | $64.00–$1,520.00 | 75% |
| Medina Regional Hospital Hondo, TX · (830) 426-7700 ST-EVAL SND PROD/EVAL LANG File of Jul 29, 2026 · source file | $544.59 | $605.09 | $130.00–$1,045.10 | 10% |
| Warm Springs Rehabilitation Hospital of San Antonio San Antonio, TX Eval of speech/language comp File of Aug 6, 2026 · source file | $601.60 | $601.60 | $60.16–$541.44 | — |
| Methodist Hospital San Antonio, TX · (210) 575-4000 SP/EVAL W/ LANG NONTHP File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $966.58 | $966.58 | $48.33–$966.58 | — |
| Methodist Specialty and Transplant San Antonio, TX · (210) 575-4000 SP/EVAL W/ LANG NONTHP File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $966.58 | $966.58 | $473.62 | — |
| Stone Oak Rehab San Antonio, TX SP/EVAL W/ LANG NONTHP File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $966.58 | $966.58 | $48.33–$821.59 | — |
| Methodist Hospital Atascosa Jourdanton, TX · (830) 769-3515 SP/EVAL W/ LANG NONTHP File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $966.58 | $966.58 | $48.33–$821.59 | — |
| Methodist Hospital Landmark San Antonio, TX · (210) 638-2101 SP/EVAL W/ LANG NONTHP File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $966.58 | $966.58 | $115.99–$821.59 | — |
| Methodist Texsan Hospital San Antonio, TX · (210) 638-2101 SP/EVAL W/ LANG NONTHP File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $966.58 | $966.58 | $48.33–$821.59 | — |
| Methodist Hospital Stone Oak Spring Branch, TX · (210) 638-2101 SP/EVAL W/ LANG NONTHP File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $966.58 | $966.58 | $48.33–$821.59 | — |
| Metropolitan Methodist San Antonio, TX · (210) 575-4000 SP/EVAL W/ LANG NONTHP File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $966.58 | $966.58 | $48.33–$821.59 | — |
| Methodist Texsan Hospital Rehab San Antonio, TX SP/EVAL W/ LANG NONTHP File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $966.58 | $966.58 | $48.33–$821.59 | — |
| Northeast Methodist San Antonio, TX · (210) 638-2101 SP/EVAL W/ LANG NONTHP File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $966.58 | $966.58 | $48.33–$821.59 | — |
| Methodist Hospital Westover Hills San Antonio, TX · (210) 638-2101 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 | $1,023.45 | $1,023.45 | $209.25–$1,265.86 | — |
Outpatient: lowest $152.00, median $966.58, highest $1,023.45 — a 6.7× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 6 facilities here, median $499.10. 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 3 of 14 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.