Hearing test cost in Austin, TX
In Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX, 12 hospitals list a cash price for comprehensive hearing test: tone and speech audiometry, both ears: from $94.68 to $339.02, with a median of $299.76. The lowest listed price is at Dell Seton Medical Center at the University of Tx — $205.08 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $299.76 at 48 hospitals.
- The median here, $299.76, is 33% above the US median of $225.90.
- That is 2.3× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($131.46).
- Austin, TX ranks 3rd of 3 metro areas in Texas by median, cheapest first.
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Cash prices at 12 facilities across 9 cities for code 92557, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 11, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 1, 2026 and Oct 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 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dell Seton Medical Center at the University of Tx lowest Austin, TX · (512) 324-7000 COMP AUDIO EVAL File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $94.68 | $263.00 | $32.63–$236.58 | 64% |
| Ascension Seton Smithville Smithville, TX · (512) 237-3214 COMP AUDIO EVAL File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $154.35 | $428.75 | $32.63–$236.58 | 64% |
| Ascension Seton Hays Kyle, TX · (512) 324-5000 COMP AUDIO EVAL File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $154.35 | $428.75 | $32.63–$236.58 | 64% |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Austin Austin, TX · (512) 654-2100 HC AUDMTRY THRESH.EVALUATE,COMP&SPREC File of Jun 13, 2026 · source file | $299.76 | $499.60 | $94.92–$510.51 | 40% |
| Baylor Scott & White Emergency Medical Center - Cedar Park Cedar Park, TX · (512) 509-0401 HC AUDMTRY THRESH.EVALUATE,COMP&SPREC File of Jun 3, 2026 · source file | $299.76 | $499.60 | $135.72–$324.74 | 40% |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Lakeway Lakeway, TX · (512) 509-0401 HC AUDMTRY THRESH.EVALUATE,COMP&SPREC File of Jun 13, 2026 · source file | $299.76 | $499.60 | $99.92–$510.51 | 40% |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Buda Buda, TX · (737) 999-6200 HC AUDMTRY THRESH.EVALUATE,COMP&SPREC File of Jun 13, 2026 · source file | $299.76 | $499.60 | $59.95–$510.51 | 40% |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Round Rock Round Rock, TX · (512) 509-0401 HC AUDMTRY THRESH.EVALUATE,COMP&SPREC File of Jun 13, 2026 · source file | $299.76 | $499.60 | $99.92–$510.51 | 40% |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Pflugerville Pflugerville, TX · (512) 654-6100 HC AUDMTRY THRESH.EVALUATE,COMP&SPREC File of Jun 13, 2026 · source file | $299.76 | $499.60 | $54.96–$510.51 | 40% |
| Ascension Seton Austin, TX COMP AUDIO EVAL File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $300.13 | $428.75 | $32.63–$236.58 | 30% |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Taylor Taylor, TX · (512) 352-7611 HC AUDMTRY THRESH.EVALUATE,COMP&SPREC File of Oct 30, 2026 · source file | $311.75 | $519.58 | $98.72–$528.50 | 40% |
| Texas Children's Hospital - Austin Austin, TX · (832) 824-1100 TC COMPREHENSIVE AUDIOMETRY THRESHOLD EVAL & SPEECH RECOGNITION File of Mar 5, 2026 · source file | $339.02 | $506.00 | $136.62–$480.70 | 33% |
Outpatient: lowest $94.68, median $299.76, highest $339.02 — a 3.6× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 8 facilities here, median $299.76. 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 12 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 hearing test is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Hearing test explained.