Hearing test cost in Philadelphia, PA
In Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD, 15 hospitals list a cash price for comprehensive hearing test: tone and speech audiometry, both ears: from $126.00 to $969.97, with a median of $396.50. The lowest listed price is at Lower Bucks Hospital — $270.50 less than the median here. Across Pennsylvania, the median is $345.77 at 20 hospitals.
Cash prices at 15 facilities across 13 cities for code 92557, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 24, 2026 and Sep 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 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Bucks Hospital lowest Bristol, PA · (215) 785-9200 Hc Comprehensive Hearing Test | $126.00 | $648.75 | $29.00–$519.00 | 81% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Roxborough Memorial Hospital Philadelphia, PA · (215) 483-9900 Hc Comprehensive Hearing Test | $131.00 | $648.75 | $29.00–$629.29 | 80% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Roxborough Memorial Hospital Philadelphia, PA · (215) 483-9900 Hc Comprehensive Hearing Test | $131.00 | $648.75 | $29.00–$629.29 | 80% | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| The Bryn Mawr Hospital Bryn Mawr, PA · (610) 526-3000 Hc Comprhensive Hearing Test | $360.00 | $900.00 | — | 60% | — source file |
| Lankenau Medical Center Wynnewood, PA · (610) 645-2000 Hc Comprhensive Hearing Test | $360.00 | $900.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Paoli Hospital Paoli, PA · (610) 648-1000 Hc Comprhensive Hearing Test | $360.00 | $900.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Riddle Memorial Hospital Media, PA · (610) 566-9400 Hc Comprhensive Hearing Test | $360.00 | $900.00 | — | 60% | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Bryn Mawr Rehabilitation Hospital Malvern, PA Hc Comprhensive Hearing Test | $360.00 | $900.00 | — | 60% | — source file |
| Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital Darby, PA · (215) 237-4000 HC Audiometry Speech Threshold With Speech Recognition Comprehensive | $396.50 | $610.00 | $39.15–$610.00 | 35% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Inspira Medical Center Mullica Hill Mullica Hill, NJ COMPREHENSIVE AUDIO. EVAL | $658.06 | $658.06 | $119.75–$747.00 | — | Mar 24, 2026 source file |
| Inspira Health Center Woodbury Woodbury, NJ COMPREHENSIVE AUDIO. EVAL | $658.06 | $658.06 | $113.29–$747.00 | — | Mar 24, 2026 source file |
| Inspira Medical Center Elmer Elmer, NJ · (856) 363-1000 COMPREHENSIVE AUDIO. EVAL | $658.06 | $658.06 | $119.75–$747.00 | — | Mar 24, 2026 source file |
| Inspira Medical Center Mannington Salem, NJ COMPREHENSIVE AUDIO. EVAL | $658.06 | $658.06 | $110.88–$747.00 | — | Mar 24, 2026 source file |
| Nemours Children's Hospital Wilmington, DE · (302) 651-4000 Audiometry Comprehensive W/Speech Recognition | $749.00 | $749.00 | — | — | — source file |
| Nemours Children's Hospital Wilmington, DE · (302) 651-4000 Audiometry Comprehensive W/Speech Recognition | $749.00 | $749.00 | — | — | — source file |
| Shriners Childrens - Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA · (215) 430-4000 COMPREHENSIVE HEARING TEST | $784.71 | $784.71 | $12.00–$185.07 | — | — source file |
| The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA · (215) 590-1000 Comprehensive Audiometry Eval | $969.97 | $969.97 | $39.15–$872.97 | — | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $126.00, median $396.50, highest $969.97 — a 7.7× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 11 facilities here, median $396.50. 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 7 of 9 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.