Speech evaluation cost in South Carolina
In South Carolina, 28 hospitals publish a cash price for speech and language evaluation: from $108.00 to $489.00, with a median of $314.60. The lowest price is at Beaufort Memorial Hospital (Beaufort). The highest price is 4.5× the lowest.
- The median here, $314.60, is 8% below the US median of $340.80.
- That is 1.4× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($226.46).
- South Carolina ranks 16th of 50 states by median, cheapest first.
- 1 of 28 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
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
Lowest$108.00Beaufort Memorial Hospital
Median$314.60half of hospitals charge less
Highest$489.00in South Carolina
Lowest saves$206.60vs the median
Hospitals in South Carolina, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaufort Memorial Hospital lowest Beaufort · Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC EVAL LANG COMP EXP ONLY | $108.00 | $180.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| MUSC Lancaster Medical Center Lancaster · Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC HB LANG/SPEECH SOUND PRO EVAL-BAS | $145.00 | $290.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| MUSC Health Black River Medical Center Cades · Cades, SC HB LANG/SPEECH SOUND PRO EVAL-BAS | $199.50 | $399.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| MUSC Health Columbia Medical Center Northeast Columbia · Columbia, SC HB LANG/SPEECH SOUND PRO EVAL-BAS | $238.50 | $477.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Musc Health Columbia Medical Center Downtown Columbia · Columbia, SC HB SPEECH/HEARING VISIT EVAL | $238.50 | $477.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| MUSC Chester Regional Medical Center Chester · Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC HB LANG/SPEECH SOUND PRO EVAL-STD | $252.50 | $505.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| MUSC Health - Orangeburg Orangeburg · Orangeburg, SC HB LANG/SPEECH SOUND PRO EVAL-STD | $252.50 | $505.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| MUSC Medical Center Charleston · Charleston-North Charleston, SC HB LANG/SPEECH SOUND PRO EVAL-BAS | $252.50 | $505.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St Francis Downtown Hospital Greenville · Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC HC Eval Speech Sound Lang Comprhension | $255.60 | $426.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| St Francis-Eastside Greenville · Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC HC Eval Speech Sound Lang Comprhension | $255.60 | $426.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Kershaw Medical Center Camden · Columbia, SC HB LANG/SPEECH SOUND PRO EVAL-BAS | $270.50 | $541.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Bon Secours St Francis Xavier Hospital Charleston · Charleston-North Charleston, SC HC Eval Speech Sound Lang Comprhension | $314.60 | $484.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Roper Hospital Charleston · Charleston-North Charleston, SC HC Eval Speech Sound Lang Comprhension | $314.60 | $484.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Roper St Francis Hospital Berkeley Summerville · Charleston-North Charleston, SC HC Eval Speech Sound Lang Comprhension | $314.60 | $484.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Roper St Francis Mount Pleasant Hospital Mount Pleasant · Charleston-North Charleston, SC HC Eval Speech Sound Lang Comprhension | $314.60 | $484.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| AnMed Health Anderson · Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC HC Eval Speech Sound Product Language Comprehension | $320.00 | $640.00 | Mar 6, 2026 source file |
| AnMed Health Cannon Pickens · Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC HC Eval Speech Sound Product Language Comprehension | $320.00 | $640.00 | Mar 6, 2026 source file |
| AnMed Piedmont Piedmont · Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC HC Eval Speech Sound Product Language Comprehension | $320.00 | $640.00 | Mar 6, 2026 source file |
| MUSC Health Marion Medical Center Mullins · Mullins, SC HB LANG/SPEECH SOUND PRO EVAL-BAS | $328.00 | $656.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Self Regional Healthcare Greenwood · Greenwood, SC HC Speech Eval Lang Comp/Expressi | $339.70 | $566.16 | Mar 30, 2026 source file |
| MUSC Health Florence Medical Center Florence · Florence, SC HB SPEECH/HEARING VISIT EVAL | $373.50 | $747.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Abbeville Area Medical Center Abbeville · Greenwood, SC HC Speech Eval Lang Comp/Expressi | $396.31 | $566.16 | Mar 30, 2026 source file |
| Cherokee Medical Center Gaffney · Gaffney, SC HC Slp Eval Sound Production W Eval | $432.60 | $721.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Pelham Medical Center Greer · Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC HC Slp Reassess Sound Production With Eval | $432.60 | $721.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Spartanburg Hospital For Restorative Care Spartanburg · Spartanburg, SC HC Slp Reassess Sound Production With Eval | $432.60 | $721.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Spartanburg Medical Center Spartanburg · Spartanburg, SC HC Slp Reassess Sound Production With Eval | $432.60 | $721.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Union Medical Center Union · Spartanburg, SC HC Slp Eval Sound Production W Eval | $432.60 | $721.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lexington Medical Center West Columbia · Columbia, SC Hc Eval Spch Snd Prod.Comprehensn/Expresn | $489.00 | $489.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
File date When the hospital last updated its price file, as the file says itself. A dash means the file gives no date.
At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking. More
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. More
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC | 6 | $255.60 | $320.00 |
| Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 5 | $252.50 | $314.60 |
| Columbia, SC | 4 | $238.50 | $254.50 |
| Spartanburg, SC | 3 | $432.60 | $432.60 |
| Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 2 | $145.00 | $198.75 |
| Greenwood, SC | 2 | $339.70 | $368.00 |
| Cades, SC | 1 | $199.50 | $199.50 |
| Florence, SC | 1 | $373.50 | $373.50 |
| Gaffney, SC | 1 | $432.60 | $432.60 |
| Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC | 1 | $108.00 | $108.00 |
| Mullins, SC | 1 | $328.00 | $328.00 |
| Orangeburg, SC | 1 | $252.50 | $252.50 |
Market A metro area (as the Census Bureau defines it) or, outside metro areas, a town. Each links to every hospital price there.
Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.
Lowest The lowest cash price among those hospitals.
Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More
What speech evaluation is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Speech evaluation explained.
Speech and language evaluation in other states
- Alabama$443.00
- Alaska$650.25
- Arizona$880.00
- Arkansas$172.45
- California$457.08
- Colorado$466.92
- Connecticut$682.00
- Delaware$444.38
- District of Columbia$376.14
- Florida$586.95
- Georgia$244.14
- Hawaii$312.20
- Idaho$425.84
- Illinois$346.85
- Indiana$204.33
- Iowa$307.36
- Kansas$235.30
- Kentucky$276.29
- Louisiana$191.59
- Maine$323.03
- Maryland$624.66
- Massachusetts$585.50
- Michigan$377.00
- Minnesota$323.58
- Mississippi$187.91
- Missouri$256.80
- Montana$363.13
- Nebraska$325.50
- Nevada$228.05
- New Hampshire$351.54
- New Jersey$292.08
- New Mexico$324.00
- New York$392.60
- North Carolina$318.00
- North Dakota$572.00
- Ohio$340.80
- Oklahoma$186.55
- Oregon$351.98
- Pennsylvania$533.35
- Puerto Rico$400.00, 1 hospital
- Rhode Island$200.00, 4 hospitals
- South Dakota$423.20
- Tennessee$185.85
- Texas$380.08
- Utah$578.31
- Vermont$383.87
- Virginia$328.50
- Washington$383.87
- West Virginia$278.50
- Wisconsin$355.00
- Wyoming$477.00
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.