Speech evaluation cost in California

In California, 136 hospitals publish a cash price for speech and language evaluation: from $59.84 to $1,450.00, with a median of $457.08. The lowest price is at San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital (Banning). The highest price is 24.2× the lowest.

• The median here, $457.08, is 34% above the US median of $340.80.
• That is 2.0× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($226.46).
• California ranks 39th of 50 states by median, cheapest first.
• 20 of 136 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.

California law (Health and Safety Code §127405): if you are uninsured or have high medical costs and your family income is at or below 400% of the federal poverty level, a hospital may not expect you to pay more than it would expect from Medicare or Medi-Cal, whichever is greater. That can be less than the cash prices below; ask the hospital for its discount payment policy. A separate physician fee may still apply. Other states' laws.

Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 92523. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 8, 2026. See them on a map