Hearing test cost in California
In California, 66 hospitals publish a cash price for comprehensive hearing test: tone and speech audiometry, both ears: from $65.00 to $1,105.00, with a median of $548.80. The lowest price is at Kaweah Health Medical Center (Visalia). The highest price is 17.0× the lowest.
- 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).
- California ranks 36th of 37 states by median, cheapest first.
- 21 of 66 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 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$65.00Kaweah Health Medical Center
Median$548.80half of hospitals charge less
Highest$1,105.00in California
Lowest saves$483.80vs the median
Hospitals in California, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaweah Health Medical Center lowest Visalia · Visalia, CA 92557 Basic Audiometry (Occ Med) | $65.00 | $65.00 | Jul 14, 2026 source file |
| Mark Twain Medical Center San Andreas · San Andreas, CA RHC EVAL AUDIO THRES COMP | $69.63 | $103.00 | Sep 30, 2026 source file |
| Scripps Green Hospital La Jolla · San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA HC Aud Eval & Speech Recogn | $73.41 | $293.66 | Mar 30, 2026 source file |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas Encinitas · San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA HC Aud Eval & Speech Recogn | $73.41 | $293.66 | Mar 30, 2026 source file |
| Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla La Jolla · San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA HC Aud Eval & Speech Recogn | $73.41 | $293.66 | Mar 30, 2026 source file |
| Scripps Mercy Hospital Chula Vista San Diego · San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA HC Aud Eval & Speech Recogn | $73.41 | $293.66 | Mar 30, 2026 source file |
| Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego San Diego · San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA HC Aud Eval & Speech Recogn | $73.41 | $293.66 | Mar 30, 2026 source file |
| Mission Hospital Regional Med Center Mission Viejo · Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA HC COMPRE AUDIOMETRY THRESHOLD EVAL SP RECOGNIJ | $154.08 | $321.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Centinela Hospital Medical Center Inglewood · Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA AUDIOMETRY,BASIC COMPRE | $164.00 | $419.90 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Garden Grove Hospital Medical Center Garden Grove · Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Hc Comprehensive Hearing Test | $164.00 | $589.75 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| La Palma Intercommunity Hospital La Palma · Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Hc Comprehensive Hearing Test | $164.00 | $589.75 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Sherman Oaks Hospital Sherman Oaks · Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA AUDIOLOGY EVALUATION | $164.00 | $445.00 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| West Anaheim Medical Center Anaheim · Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Hc Comprehensive Hearing Test | $164.00 | $589.75 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Rady Children's Hospital - San Diego San Diego · San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Noncdm Charge Record | $216.59 | $288.79 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Good Samaritan Hospital San Jose · San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA COMP AUD THR EVAL/SP REC | $244.13 | $244.13 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence St Joseph Hospital Orange Orange · Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA HC COMPRE AUDIOMETRY THRESHOLD EVAL SP RECOGNIJ | $245.28 | $511.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Providence Redwood Memorial Hospital Fortuna · Eureka-Arcata, CA HC COMPRE AUDIOMETRY THRESHOLD EVAL SP RECOGNIJ | $252.96 | $496.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Chapman Global Medical Center Orange · Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA COMPREHENSIVE AUDIOMETRY EVAL | $311.00 | $311.00 | May 6, 2026 source file |
| Orange County Global Medical Center Santa Ana · Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA COMPREHENSIVE AUDIOMETRY EVAL | $311.00 | $311.00 | Jun 15, 2026 source file |
| Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank · Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA HC COMPRE AUDIOMETRY THRESHOLD EVAL SP RECOGNIJ | $344.05 | $983.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| County of Monterey Salinas · Salinas, CA Comprehensive hearing and speech recognition test | $358.00 | $358.00 | Aug 14, 2026 source file |
| Palomar Medical Center Escondido Escondido · San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Comprehensive Audiometry Threshold | $368.68 | $614.46 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Palomar Medical Center Poway Poway · San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Comprehensive Audiometry Threshold | $368.68 | $614.46 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Memorial Hospital of Gardena Gardena · Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA COMPREHENSIVE HEARING TEST | $385.35 | $385.35 | Feb 4, 2026 source file |
| Community Memorial Hospital Ventura · Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA HC COMPRE AUDIOMETRY THRESHOLD EVAL SP RECOGNIJ | $411.60 | $1,029.00 | Jun 15, 2026 source file |
| UC San Diego Medical Center San Diego · San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Air And Bone Conduction Assessment Of Hearing Loss And Speech Recognition, Severely Handicapped Age 7+ | $418.55 | $761.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford Palo Alto · San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA HC Diagnostic Audio Eval F/U | $456.50 | $913.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| MarinHealth Medical Center Greenbrae · San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA COMPREHENSIVE HEARING AND SPEECH RECOGNITION TEST | $511.80 | $853.00 | Mar 26, 2026 source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital & Rehab Center - Vallejo Vallejo · Vallejo, CA COMPRE AUDIOMETRY THRESHOLD EVAL SP RECOGNIJ | $548.80 | $980.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Antioch Antioch · San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA COMPRE AUDIOMETRY THRESHOLD EVAL SP RECOGNIJ | $548.80 | $980.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fremont Fremont · San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA COMPRE AUDIOMETRY THRESHOLD EVAL SP RECOGNIJ | $548.80 | $980.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Fresno Fresno · Fresno, CA COMPRE AUDIOMETRY THRESHOLD EVAL SP RECOGNIJ | $548.80 | $980.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Manteca Manteca · Stockton-Lodi, CA COMPRE AUDIOMETRY THRESHOLD EVAL SP RECOGNIJ | $548.80 | $980.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Modesto Modesto · Modesto, CA COMPRE AUDIOMETRY THRESHOLD EVAL SP RECOGNIJ | $548.80 | $980.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Oakland/Richmond Oakland · San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA COMPRE AUDIOMETRY THRESHOLD EVAL SP RECOGNIJ | $548.80 | $980.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Redwood City Redwood City · San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA COMPRE AUDIOMETRY THRESHOLD EVAL SP RECOGNIJ | $548.80 | $980.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Roseville Roseville · Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA COMPRE AUDIOMETRY THRESHOLD EVAL SP RECOGNIJ | $548.80 | $980.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Sacramento Sacramento · Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA COMPRE AUDIOMETRY THRESHOLD EVAL SP RECOGNIJ | $548.80 | $980.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Francisco San Francisco · San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA COMPRE AUDIOMETRY THRESHOLD EVAL SP RECOGNIJ | $548.80 | $980.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Jose San Jose · San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA COMPRE AUDIOMETRY THRESHOLD EVAL SP RECOGNIJ | $548.80 | $980.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Leandro San Leandro · San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA COMPRE AUDIOMETRY THRESHOLD EVAL SP RECOGNIJ | $548.80 | $980.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - San Rafael San Rafael · San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA COMPRE AUDIOMETRY THRESHOLD EVAL SP RECOGNIJ | $548.80 | $980.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Santa Clara Santa Clara · San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA COMPRE AUDIOMETRY THRESHOLD EVAL SP RECOGNIJ | $548.80 | $980.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Santa Rosa Santa Rosa · Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA COMPRE AUDIOMETRY THRESHOLD EVAL SP RECOGNIJ | $548.80 | $980.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South Sacramento Sacramento · Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA COMPRE AUDIOMETRY THRESHOLD EVAL SP RECOGNIJ | $548.80 | $980.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - South San Francisco South San Francisco · San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA COMPRE AUDIOMETRY THRESHOLD EVAL SP RECOGNIJ | $548.80 | $980.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Vacaville Vacaville · Vallejo, CA COMPRE AUDIOMETRY THRESHOLD EVAL SP RECOGNIJ | $548.80 | $980.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Walnut Creek Walnut Creek · San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA COMPRE AUDIOMETRY THRESHOLD EVAL SP RECOGNIJ | $548.80 | $980.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Kaiser Fnd Hospital - Richmond Campus Richmond · San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA COMPRE AUDIOMETRY THRESHOLD EVAL SP RECOGNIJ | $548.80 | $980.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Casa Colina Hospital and Centers for Healthcare Pomona · Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Comprehensive hearing and speech recognition test | $567.18 | $436.29 | Oct 5, 2026 source file |
| Stanford Health Care Stanford · San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Diag Audiologic Eval | $580.80 | $1,452.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Ojai Valley Community Hospital Ojai · Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA HC COMPRE AUDIOMETRY THRESHOLD EVAL SP RECOGNIJ | $617.40 | $1,029.00 | Jun 15, 2026 source file |
| San Bernardino County Colton · Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA HC COMPREHENSIVE HEARING TEST | $682.00 | $682.00 | Feb 25, 2026 source file |
| Alta Bates Summit Medical Center Oakland · San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA HCHG AD AUDIOMETRY COMPLETE | $731.00 | $731.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Alta Bates Summit Medical Center - Alta Bates Camp Berkeley · San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA HCHG AD AUDIOMETRY COMPLETE | $731.00 | $731.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Alta Bates Summit Medical Center - Herrick Campus Berkeley · San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA HCHG AD AUDIOMETRY COMPLETE | $731.00 | $731.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Alta Bates Summit Medical Center-Summit Campus-Hawthorne Oakland · San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA HCHG AD AUDIOMETRY COMPLETE | $731.00 | $731.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| California Pacific Medical Center- Van Ness Campus San Francisco · San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA HCHG AD AUDIOMETRY COMPLETE | $731.00 | $731.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| California Pacific Medical Ctr-Davies Campus Hospital San Francisco · San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA HCHG AD AUDIOMETRY COMPLETE | $731.00 | $731.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Eden Medical Center Castro Valley · San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA HCHG AD AUDIOMETRY COMPLETE | $731.00 | $731.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mills Health Center San Mateo · San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA HCHG AD AUDIOMETRY COMPLETE | $731.00 | $731.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mills-Peninsula Medical Center Burlingame · San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA HCHG AD AUDIOMETRY COMPLETE | $731.00 | $731.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento Sacramento · Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA HCHG AD AUDIOMETRY COMPLETE | $731.00 | $731.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Keck Hospital of USC Los Angeles · Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Comprehensive Hearing Test | $864.50 | $864.50 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Shriners Childrens - Northern California Sacramento · Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA COMPREHENSIVE HEARING TEST | $965.31 | $965.31 | Mar 19, 2026 source file |
| Childrens Hospital at Mission - Cerner Mission Viejo · Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA AUD COMPREHENSIVE HEARING TEST | $1,105.00 | $1,105.00 | Mar 18, 2026 source file |
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | 20 | $511.80 | $548.80 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | 14 | $154.08 | $278.14 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA | 9 | $73.41 | $73.41 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | 5 | $548.80 | $548.80 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 5 | $244.13 | $548.80 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | 2 | $411.60 | $514.50 |
| Vallejo, CA | 2 | $548.80 | $548.80 |
| Eureka-Arcata, CA | 1 | $252.96 | $252.96 |
| Fresno, CA | 1 | $548.80 | $548.80 |
| Modesto, CA | 1 | $548.80 | $548.80 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 1 | $682.00 | $682.00 |
| San Andreas, CA | 1 | $69.63 | $69.63 |
| Salinas, CA | 1 | $358.00 | $358.00 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | 1 | $548.80 | $548.80 |
| Stockton-Lodi, CA | 1 | $548.80 | $548.80 |
| Visalia, CA | 1 | $65.00 | $65.00 |
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
- Alabama$160.00
- Alaska$525.16, 4 hospitals
- Arizona$647.21
- Arkansas$81.60
- 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.