Hearing test cost in New York, NY — inpatient
In New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, 17 hospitals list a cash price for comprehensive hearing test: tone and speech audiometry, both ears as an inpatient: from $34.75 to $580.50, with a median of $208.78. The lowest listed price is at St. Barnabas Hospital — $174.03 less than the median here. Across New York, the median is $185.15 at 43 hospitals.
Cash prices at 17 facilities across 11 cities for code 92557, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Oct 28, 2025 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 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Barnabas Hospital lowest Bronx, NY · (212) 960-9000 PR COMPRE AUDIOMETRY THRESHOLD EVAL SP RECOGNIJ | $34.75 | $126.63 | $24.30–$78.10 | 73% | Feb 27, 2026 source file |
| NYU Langone Mineola, NY HC COMPREHENSIVE HEARING TEST | $58.05 | $305.50 | $31.24–$366.58 | 81% | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| NYU Langone New York, NY · (212) 263-7300 HC COMPREHENSIVE HEARING TEST | $58.05 | $305.50 | $31.24–$366.58 | 81% | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| NYU Langone Brooklyn, NY HC COMPREHENSIVE HEARING TEST | $58.05 | $305.50 | $31.24–$366.58 | 81% | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| NYU Langone Hospital - Suffolk Patchogue, NY · (631) 654-7100 HC COMPREHENSIVE HEARING TEST | $58.05 | $305.50 | $31.24–$366.58 | 81% | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| NYU Langone New York, NY · (212) 263-7300 HC COMPREHENSIVE HEARING TEST | $58.05 | $305.50 | $31.24–$366.58 | 81% | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn, NY · (718) 283-6000 COMPREHENSIVE AUDIOMETRY | $90.00 | $90.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Nassau University Medical Center East Meadow, NY · (516) 572-0123 COMPREHENSIVE HEARING TEST | $94.50 | $135.00 | $26.91–$43.14 | 30% | Oct 28, 2025 source file |
| Hmh Hospitals Neptune City, NJ COMPRE AUDIOMETRY THRESHOLD EVAL SP RECOGNIJ | $173.18 | $540.00 | $89.64–$540.00 | 68% | Dec 31, 2025 source file |
| Overlook Medical Center Summit, NJ · (908) 522-2000 Audio Threshold Eval & Speech Recog | $208.78 | $618.00 | — | 66% | — source file |
| Morristown Medical Center Morristown, NJ · (973) 971-5450 Audio Threshold Eval & Speech Recog | $208.78 | $504.00 | — | 59% | — source file |
| Nassau University Medical Center East Meadow, NY · (516) 572-0123 Basic Comprehensive Audiometry | $399.70 | $571.00 | — | 30% | Oct 28, 2025 source file |
| The Valley Hospital Paramus, NJ · (201) 447-8000 AUD-COMP AUDIO EVAL 92557 | $510.60 | $851.00 | $38.46–$723.35 | 40% | — source file |
| New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai New York, NY · (212) 979-4000 COMPRH AUDIOM THRESHLD EVAL W | $580.19 | $644.66 | — | 10% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai New York, NY · (212) 979-4000 CAE W SR | $580.19 | $644.66 | — | 10% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Brooklyn Brooklyn, NY HC Comprh Audiom Threshld Eval W Spch Recogntn | $580.50 | $645.00 | — | 10% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Queens Long Island, NY HC Comprh Audiom Threshld Eval W Spch Recogntn | $580.50 | $645.00 | — | 10% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Morningside New York, NY HC Comprh Audiom Threshld Eval W Spch Recogntn | $580.50 | $645.00 | — | 10% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Sinai Behavioral Health Center New York, NY HC Comprh Audiom Threshld Eval W Spch Recogntn | $580.50 | $645.00 | — | 10% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| The Mount Sinai Hospital New York, NY · (212) 241-7981 HC Comprh Audiom Threshld Eval W Spch Recogntn | $580.50 | $645.00 | — | 10% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn, NY · (718) 283-6000 AIR & BONE SPEECH RECOGNITION | $593.00 | $593.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn, NY · (718) 283-6000 AUDIO AIR & BONE W/SP RECG | $593.00 | $593.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Inpatient: lowest $34.75, median $208.78, highest $580.50 — a 16.7× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 46 facilities here, median $185.15 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
Cash or insurance?
At 7 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 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.