Hearing test cost in San Francisco, CA
In San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA, 20 hospitals list a cash price for comprehensive hearing test: tone and speech audiometry, both ears: from $511.80 to $731.00, with a median of $548.80. The lowest listed price is at MarinHealth Medical Center — $37.00 less than the median here. Across California, the median is $548.80 at 66 hospitals.
- The median here, $548.80, is 143% above the US median of $225.90.
- That is 4.2× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($131.46).
- San Francisco, CA ranks 2nd of 2 metro areas in California by median, cheapest first.
- 9 of 20 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 20 facilities across 15 cities for code 92557, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Oct 31, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 26, 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 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MarinHealth Medical Center lowest Greenbrae, CA · (415) 925-7900 COMPREHENSIVE HEARING AND SPEECH RECOGNITION TEST File of Mar 26, 2026 · source file | $511.80 | $853.00 | $181.62–$2,330.00 | 40% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Redwood City Redwood City, CA · (650) 299-2000 COMPRE AUDIOMETRY THRESHOLD EVAL SP RECOGNIJ File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $548.80 | $980.00 | — | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Oakland/Richmond Oakland, CA · (510) 752-1000 COMPRE AUDIOMETRY THRESHOLD EVAL SP RECOGNIJ File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $548.80 | $980.00 | — | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Leandro San Leandro, CA · (510) 454-1000 COMPRE AUDIOMETRY THRESHOLD EVAL SP RECOGNIJ File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $548.80 | $980.00 | — | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fremont Fremont, CA · (510) 784-4000 COMPRE AUDIOMETRY THRESHOLD EVAL SP RECOGNIJ File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $548.80 | $980.00 | — | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Francisco San Francisco, CA · (415) 833-2646 COMPRE AUDIOMETRY THRESHOLD EVAL SP RECOGNIJ File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $548.80 | $980.00 | — | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Rafael San Rafael, CA · (415) 444-2000 COMPRE AUDIOMETRY THRESHOLD EVAL SP RECOGNIJ File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $548.80 | $980.00 | — | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Antioch Antioch, CA · (925) 813-6500 COMPRE AUDIOMETRY THRESHOLD EVAL SP RECOGNIJ File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $548.80 | $980.00 | — | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Walnut Creek Walnut Creek, CA · (925) 295-4000 COMPRE AUDIOMETRY THRESHOLD EVAL SP RECOGNIJ File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $548.80 | $980.00 | — | 44% |
| Kaiser Fnd Hospital - Richmond Campus Richmond, CA · (510) 752-1000 COMPRE AUDIOMETRY THRESHOLD EVAL SP RECOGNIJ File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $548.80 | $980.00 | — | 44% |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South San Francisco South San Francisco, CA · (650) 742-3200 COMPRE AUDIOMETRY THRESHOLD EVAL SP RECOGNIJ File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $548.80 | $980.00 | — | 44% |
| Mills-Peninsula Medical Center Burlingame, CA · (650) 696-5400 HCHG AD AUDIOMETRY COMPLETE File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $731.00 | $731.00 | — | — |
| Eden Medical Center Castro Valley, CA · (510) 537-1234 HCHG AD AUDIOMETRY COMPLETE File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $731.00 | $731.00 | — | — |
| Mills Health Center San Mateo, CA · (650) 696-5400 HCHG AD AUDIOMETRY COMPLETE File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $731.00 | $731.00 | — | — |
| Alta Bates Summit Medical Center - Alta Bates Camp Berkeley, CA · (510) 204-4444 HCHG AD AUDIOMETRY COMPLETE File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $731.00 | $731.00 | — | — |
| Alta Bates Summit Medical Center Oakland, CA · (510) 655-4000 HCHG AD AUDIOMETRY COMPLETE File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $731.00 | $731.00 | — | — |
| Alta Bates Summit Medical Center-Summit Campus-Hawthorne Oakland, CA · (510) 655-4000 HCHG AD AUDIOMETRY COMPLETE File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $731.00 | $731.00 | — | — |
| Alta Bates Summit Medical Center - Herrick Campus Berkeley, CA · (510) 204-4444 HCHG AD AUDIOMETRY COMPLETE File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $731.00 | $731.00 | — | — |
| California Pacific Medical Ctr-Davies Campus Hospital San Francisco, CA · (415) 600-6000 HCHG AD AUDIOMETRY COMPLETE File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $731.00 | $731.00 | — | — |
| California Pacific Medical Center- Van Ness Campus San Francisco, CA · (415) 600-6000 HCHG AD AUDIOMETRY COMPLETE File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $731.00 | $731.00 | — | — |
Outpatient: lowest $511.80, median $548.80, highest $731.00 — a 1.4× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 19 facilities here, median $548.80. 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 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 hearing test is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Hearing test explained.