Hearing test cost in Durham, NC — inpatient
In Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, 1 hospital lists a cash price for comprehensive hearing test: tone and speech audiometry, both ears as an inpatient: from $54.00 to $54.00, with a median of $54.00. Across North Carolina, the median is $220.23 at 22 hospitals.
Cash prices at 1 facility for code 92557, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Durham-Chapel Hill, NC.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duke Regional Hospital lowest Durham, NC · (919) 470-4000 Compre Audiometry Threshold Eval Sp Recognij | $54.00 | $108.00 | $30.28–$59.24 | 50% | — source file |
| Duke Regional Hospital Durham, NC · (919) 470-4000 Comprehensive Hearing Test | $175.23 | $649.00 | $104.42–$489.35 | 73% | — source file |
| Duke Regional Hospital Durham, NC · (919) 470-4000 Comprehensive Hearing Test | $175.23 | $649.00 | $116.04–$649.00 | 73% | — source file |
Inpatient: lowest $54.00, median $54.00, highest $54.00.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $54.00 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
Cash or insurance?
At the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. 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 it is
This is a full hearing test done in a sound booth, usually by an audiologist. It measures the softest tones you can hear through headphones and a bone vibrator, and how well you hear and repeat speech.
What the price covers
The price covers the hearing test for both ears. Tympanometry (a middle-ear test), hearing aid evaluation and fitting, and a doctor's visit are billed separately.