Hearing test cost in St. Louis, MO
In St. Louis, MO-IL, 7 hospitals list a cash price for comprehensive hearing test: tone and speech audiometry, both ears: from $28.80 to $701.88, with a median of $196.30. The lowest listed price is at St Josephs Hospital Hospital Sisters Third Order of St Francis — $167.50 less than the median here. Across Missouri, the median is $186.65 at 14 hospitals.
Cash prices at 7 facilities across 5 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 Jun 12, 2026 and Jun 12, 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 St. Louis, MO-IL.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Josephs Hospital Hospital Sisters Third Order of St Francis lowest Breese, IL · (618) 526-4511 HC UHC HEARING TEST AND EVALUATION | $28.80 | $40.00 | $11.20–$344.72 | 28% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital Lincoln Elsberry, MO Compre Audiometry Threshold Eval Sp Recognij | $46.50 | $62.00 | $31.00–$55.80 | 25% | Jun 12, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Hospital Lincoln Elsberry, MO Compre Audiometry Threshold Eval Sp Recognij | $46.50 | $62.00 | $31.00–$55.80 | 25% | Jun 12, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Hospital Lincoln Elsberry, MO Compre Audiometry Threshold Eval Sp Recognij | $46.50 | $62.00 | $31.00–$55.80 | 25% | Jun 12, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Hospitals East Communities Washington, MO Compre Audiometry Threshold Eval Sp Recognij | $46.50 | $62.00 | $31.00–$52.70 | 25% | Jun 12, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Hospital Lincoln Elsberry, MO Compre Audiometry Threshold Eval Sp Recognij | $46.50 | $62.00 | $31.00–$55.80 | 25% | Jun 12, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Hospital Lincoln Elsberry, MO Compre Audiometry Threshold Eval Sp Recognij | $46.50 | $62.00 | $31.00–$55.80 | 25% | Jun 12, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Hospital South Saint Louis, MO · (314) 525-1000 Comp Audiometry Eval/Speech Recog One Ear | $196.30 | $302.00 | $19.63–$302.00 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital St Louis Saint Louis, MO Comp Audiometry Eval/Speech Recog One Ear | $213.20 | $328.00 | $265.00–$326.00 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital St Louis Saint Louis, MO Comp Audiometry Eval/Speech Recog | $261.30 | $402.00 | $26.13–$402.00 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital South Saint Louis, MO · (314) 525-1000 Comp Audiometry Eval/Speech Recog | $261.30 | $402.00 | $123.09–$339.34 | 35% | — source file |
| St Josephs Hospital Hospital Sisters Third Order of St Francis Breese, IL · (618) 526-4511 HC AUD COMPREHENSIVE AUDIO | $329.04 | $457.00 | $69.21–$457.00 | 28% | — source file |
| St Elizabeths Hospital of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St Francis O'Fallon, IL COMPREHENSIVE HEARING TEST | $521.28 | $724.00 | $69.21–$724.00 | 28% | — source file |
| Shriners Childrens - St Louis Saint Louis, MO · (314) 432-3600 COMPREHENSIVE HEARING TEST | $701.88 | $701.88 | $27.57–$273.81 | — | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $28.80, median $196.30, highest $701.88 — a 24.4× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $46.50. 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 6 of 7 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 1 it is 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.