Hearing test cost in Dallas, TX
In Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX, 10 hospitals list a cash price for comprehensive hearing test: tone and speech audiometry, both ears: from $128.00 to $861.44, with a median of $284.18. The lowest listed price is at Dallas Regional Medical Center and 1 other hospital — $156.18 less than the median here. Across Texas, the median is $299.76 at 48 hospitals.
- The median here, $284.18, is 26% above the US median of $225.90.
- That is 2.2× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($131.46).
- Dallas, TX ranks 2nd of 3 metro areas in Texas by median, cheapest first.
- 1 of 10 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 10 facilities across 6 cities for code 92557, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Oct 30, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 1, 2026 and Oct 16, 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 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Regional Medical Center lowest Mesquite, TX · (214) 320-7000 Hc Comprehensive Hearing Test File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $128.00 | $368.17 | $15.90–$368.17 | 65% |
| Dallas Medical Center lowest Dallas, TX · (972) 247-1000 Hc Comprehensive Hearing Test File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file | $128.00 | $461.75 | $29.92–$461.75 | 72% |
| Jps Health Network Fort Worth, TX · (817) 921-3431 HC BASIC COMPREHENSIVE AUDIOMETRY+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $154.80 | $258.00 | — | 40% |
| Parkland Health Dallas, TX · (214) 590-8000 Comprehensive hearing and speech recognition test+1 more line at this price File of May 29, 2026 · source file | $215.20 | $538.00 | $81.35–$434.87 | 60% |
| The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas Dallas, TX · (214) 633-5555 HCHG AUD EVAL COMP THRESHOLD/RECOGNITION File of Mar 10, 2026 · source file | $236.50 | $473.00 | $68.33–$859.02 | 50% |
| Cook Childrens Medical Center - Prosper Prosper, TX · (945) 204-4100 HC AUDIO COMPREH-AIR/BN/SRT/WRS File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $331.85 | $442.47 | $147.08–$407.07 | 25% |
| Cook Children's Medical Center Fort Worth, TX · (682) 885-4000 HC AUDIO COMPREH-AIR/BN/SRT/WRS File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $331.85 | $442.47 | $106.19–$407.07 | 25% |
| Childrens Medical Center Plano Plano, TX · (214) 456-1792 Comprehensive Hearing Test File of Aug 17, 2026 · source file | $508.50 | $678.00 | $135.26–$657.66 | 25% |
| Childrens Medical Center of Dallas Dallas, TX · (214) 456-7000 Comprehensive Hearing Test File of Aug 17, 2026 · source file | $508.50 | $678.00 | $142.38–$657.66 | 25% |
| Texas Health Hospital Mansfield Mansfield, TX · (682) 341-5000 HC COMPREHENSIVE HEARING TEST File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $861.44 | $861.44 | — | — |
Outpatient: lowest $128.00, median $284.18, highest $861.44 — a 6.7× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 8 facilities here, median $331.85. 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 8 of 8 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.