Hearing test cost in Alabama
In Alabama, 11 hospitals publish a cash price for comprehensive hearing test: tone and speech audiometry, both ears: from $27.00 to $505.50, with a median of $160.00. The lowest price is at Huntsville Hospital (Huntsville) and 1 other hospital. The highest price is 18.7× the lowest.
- The median here, $160.00, is 29% below the US median of $225.90.
- That is 1.2× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($131.46).
- Alabama ranks 15th of 37 states by median, cheapest first.
- 6 of 11 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 92557. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 4, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$27.00Huntsville Hospital + 1 more
Median$160.00half of hospitals charge less
Highest$505.50in Alabama
Lowest saves$133.00vs the median
Hospitals in Alabama, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huntsville Hospital lowest Huntsville · Huntsville, AL ARM SLING, PEDS | $27.00 | $27.00 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Huntsville Hospital lowest Madison · Huntsville, AL ARM SLING, PEDS | $27.00 | $27.00 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| UAB Medical West Bessemer · Birmingham, AL Comprehensive Audiometry | $56.25 | $75.00 | Jun 22, 2026 source file |
| Riverview Regional Medical Center Gadsden · Gadsden, AL Hc Comprehensive Hearing Test | $114.00 | $368.17 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Fayette Medical Center Fayette · Fayette, AL Comprehens Audio Thres SpRec | $121.38 | $242.75 | Mar 26, 2026 source file |
| Bibb Medical Center Centreville · Birmingham, AL COMPREHENSIVE AUDIOMETRY EVAL AND SP RECOGNITION | $160.00 | $160.00 | Nov 1, 2025 source file |
| The Children's Hospital of Alabama Birmingham · Birmingham, AL HC Comprehensive Hearing Test | $191.99 | $446.49 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| The Children's Hospital of Alabama – Benjamin Russell Hospital Birmingham · Birmingham, AL HC Comprehensive Hearing Test | $191.99 | $446.49 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Helen Keller Hospital Sheffield · Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL PPTA-COMPREHENSIVE AUDIOMETRY | $505.50 | $505.50 | Mar 27, 2026 source file |
| Marshall Medical Center North Guntersville · Albertville, AL PPTA-COMPREHENSIVE AUDIOMETRY | $505.50 | $505.50 | Apr 13, 2026 source file |
| Marshall Medical Centers Boaz · Albertville, AL PPTA-COMPREHENSIVE AUDIOMETRY | $505.50 | $505.50 | Apr 13, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham, AL | 4 | $56.25 | $176.00 |
| Albertville, AL | 2 | $505.50 | $505.50 |
| Huntsville, AL | 2 | $27.00 | $27.00 |
| Fayette, AL | 1 | $121.38 | $121.38 |
| Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL | 1 | $505.50 | $505.50 |
| Gadsden, AL | 1 | $114.00 | $114.00 |
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 hearing test is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Hearing test explained.
Comprehensive hearing test: tone and speech audiometry, both ears in other states
- Alaska$525.16, 4 hospitals
- Arizona$647.21
- Arkansas$81.60
- California$548.80
- Colorado$518.73
- Connecticut$254.00, 3 hospitals
- Delaware$749.00, 1 hospital
- District of Columbia$425.53, 2 hospitals
- Florida$286.00
- Georgia$394.29
- Hawaii$275.10
- Idaho$414.00
- Illinois$256.90
- Indiana$192.96
- Iowa$108.75
- Kansas$121.00
- Kentucky$73.60
- Louisiana$104.16
- Maine$110.74
- Maryland$732.33, 2 hospitals
- Massachusetts$330.00
- Michigan$213.20
- Minnesota$154.70
- Mississippi$140.00
- Missouri$157.59
- Montana$121.40, 4 hospitals
- Nebraska$124.45
- Nevada$266.00, 3 hospitals
- New Hampshire$127.14, 3 hospitals
- New Jersey$184.26
- New Mexico$87.88, 2 hospitals
- New York$185.15
- North Carolina$158.50
- North Dakota$187.00
- Ohio$262.08
- Oklahoma$251.10, 2 hospitals
- Oregon$297.75
- Pennsylvania$360.00
- Rhode Island$237.30, 4 hospitals
- South Carolina$281.63
- South Dakota$335.20
- Tennessee$113.96
- Texas$299.76
- Utah$187.97, 2 hospitals
- Vermont$107.63, 4 hospitals
- Virginia$274.50
- Washington$175.50
- West Virginia$136.75
- Wisconsin$155.00
- Wyoming$138.00, 1 hospital
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.