Speech evaluation cost in San Jose, CA — inpatient
In San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA, 4 hospitals list a cash price for speech and language evaluation as an inpatient: from $191.25 to $872.80, with a median of $666.40. The lowest listed price is at El Camino Hospital — $475.15 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $457.08 at 87 hospitals.
Cash prices at 4 facilities across 4 cities for code 92523, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 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 Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| El Camino Hospital lowest Mountain View, CA · (650) 940-7000 HC SPEECH SOUND LANG COMPREHENSION | $191.25 | $765.00 | — | 75% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Jose San Jose, CA · (408) 972-7000 EVAL SPEECH SOUND PRODUCT LANGUAGE COMPREHENSION | $666.40 | $1,190.00 | — | 44% | — source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Santa Clara Santa Clara, CA · (408) 236-6400 EVAL SPEECH SOUND PRODUCT LANGUAGE COMPREHENSION | $666.40 | $1,190.00 | — | 44% | — source file |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford, CA · (650) 723-4000 Sp Eval Snd Prd W/Lang Eval | $872.80 | $2,182.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Inpatient: lowest $191.25, median $666.40, highest $872.80 — a 4.6× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $666.40 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
What it is
A speech and language evaluation assesses speech and understanding.
What the price covers
The price is for one session or evaluation.