Hearing test cost in Los Angeles, CA — inpatient
In Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, 5 hospitals list a cash price for comprehensive hearing test: tone and speech audiometry, both ears as an inpatient: from $122.00 to $864.50, with a median of $245.28. The lowest listed price is at UCI Health-Orange — $123.28 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $548.80 at 37 hospitals.
Cash prices at 5 facilities across 4 cities for code 92557, 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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCI Health-Orange lowest Orange, CA · (714) 456-7890 HB COMPRE AUDIOMETRY THRESHOLD EVAL SP RECOGNIJ | $122.00 | $305.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mission Hospital Regional Med Center Mission Viejo, CA · (949) 364-1400 HC COMPRE AUDIOMETRY THRESHOLD EVAL SP RECOGNIJ | $154.08 | $321.00 | — | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St Joseph Hospital of Orange Orange, CA · (714) 633-9111 HC COMPRE AUDIOMETRY THRESHOLD EVAL SP RECOGNIJ | $245.28 | $511.00 | — | 52% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank, CA · (818) 843-5111 HC COMPRE AUDIOMETRY THRESHOLD EVAL SP RECOGNIJ | $344.05 | $983.00 | — | 65% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Keck Hospital of USC Los Angeles, CA · (323) 442-8656 Comprehensive Hearing Test | $864.50 | $864.50 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Inpatient: lowest $122.00, median $245.28, highest $864.50 — a 7.1× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 7 facilities here, median $164.00 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
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.