Hearing test cost in Illinois
In Illinois, 47 hospitals publish a cash price for comprehensive hearing test: tone and speech audiometry, both ears: from $28.80 to $782.00, with a median of $256.90. The lowest price is at St Josephs Hospital Hospital Sisters Third Order of St Francis (Breese). The highest price is 27.2× the lowest.
- The median here, $256.90, is 14% above the US median of $225.90.
- That is 2.0× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($131.46).
- Illinois ranks 22nd of 37 states by median, cheapest first.
- 15 of 47 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Illinois law (Hospital Uninsured Patient Discount Act, 210 ILCS 89): an uninsured Illinois resident with family income up to 600% of the federal poverty level (300% at rural and critical access hospitals) can apply for a discount that brings the bill down to about 135% of the hospital's cost; up to 200% (125% at rural hospitals) medically necessary care is free. A hospital may collect no more than 25% of family income in 12 months. Ask the billing office for the application. 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 9, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$28.80St Josephs Hospital Hospital Sisters Third Order of St Francis
Median$256.90half of hospitals charge less
Highest$782.00in Illinois
Lowest saves$228.10vs the median
Hospitals in Illinois, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Josephs Hospital Hospital Sisters Third Order of St Francis lowest Breese · St. Louis, MO-IL HC UHC HEARING TEST AND EVALUATION | $28.80 | $40.00 | Mar 24, 2026 source file |
| Humboldt Park Health Chicago · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Comprehensive hearing and speech recognition test | $35.28 | $126.00 | Sep 29, 2026 source file |
| Gottlieb Memorial Hospital Melrose Park · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Veterans Evaluation Service | $58.71 | $309.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| MacNeal Hospital Berwyn · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Veterans Evaluation Service | $58.71 | $309.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Thomas H Boyd Memorial Hospital Carrollton · Carrollton, IL Comprehensive hearing and speech recognition test | $60.80 | $76.00 | Jul 7, 2026 source file |
| Loyola University Medical Center Maywood · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Veterans Evaluation Service | $71.07 | $309.00 | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Ferrell Hospital Community Foundation Eldorado · Eldorado, IL HC COMPREHENSIVE HEARING TEST | $83.25 | $111.00 | Sep 22, 2026 source file |
| NorthShore University HealthSystems Glenbrook Hospital Glenview · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Comprehensive Hearing Test | $95.55 | $147.00 | Jan 1, 2025 source file |
| NorthShore University HealthSystems Skokie Hospital Skokie · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Comprehensive Hearing Test | $95.55 | $147.00 | Jan 1, 2025 source file |
| Rockford Memorial Hospital Rockford · Rockford, IL HC PBB COMP HEARING TEST 92557 | $103.52 | $138.03 | Mar 1, 2026 source file |
| Jersey Community Hospital Jerseyville · St. Louis, MO-IL 92557 Comprehensive audiometry threshold evaluation and speech recognition | $105.00 | $105.00 | Mar 10, 2026 source file |
| FHN Memorial Hospital Freeport · Freeport, IL Comprehensive hearing and speech recognition test | $125.60 | $157.00 | Jan 22, 2026 source file |
| Endeavor Health Highland Park Hospital Highland Park · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN COMPREHENSIVE HEARING TEST | $156.00 | $156.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston Hospital Evanston · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN COMPREHENSIVE HEARING TEST | $156.00 | $156.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Northwest Community Hospital Arlington Heights · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Hb Comprehensive Hearing Test | $156.00 | $156.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Swedish Covenant Health Chicago · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN COMPREHENSIVE HEARING TEST | $156.00 | $156.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Community First Medical Center Chicago · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Comprehensive hearing and speech recognition test | $159.25 | $318.50 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| City of Clinton Clinton · Clinton, IL Comprehensive hearing and speech recognition test | $178.25 | $178.25 | Oct 21, 2026 source file |
| Presence Saint Joseph Hospital - Chicago Chicago · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN HC AUD COMP AUDIO EXAM | $183.15 | $555.00 | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
| Gibson Area Hospital Gibson City · Champaign-Urbana, IL COMPREHENSIVE HEARING TEST | $224.00 | $224.00 | Nov 4, 2026 source file |
| John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital Chicago · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN AUD COMP EVAL THRESH/RECOG | $230.30 | $329.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Anderson Hospital Maryville · St. Louis, MO-IL COMPREHENSIVE AUDIOGRAM | $238.60 | $477.20 | Feb 6, 2026 source file |
| Community Hospital of Staunton Staunton · St. Louis, MO-IL COMPREHENSIVE AUDIOGRAM | $250.45 | $500.90 | Feb 9, 2026 source file |
| Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital Lake Forest · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN HB Comprehensive Hearing Test | $256.90 | $367.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital Winfield · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN HB Comprehensive Hearing Test | $256.90 | $367.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital Geneva · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN HB Comprehensive Hearing Test | $256.90 | $367.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital DeKalb · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN HB Comprehensive Hearing Test | $256.90 | $367.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital McHenry · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN HB Comprehensive Hearing Test | $256.90 | $367.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Northwestern Medicine Valley West Hospital Sandwich · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN HB Comprehensive Hearing Test | $256.90 | $367.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Northwestern Memorial Hospital Chicago · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN HB Comprehensive Hearing Test | $256.90 | $367.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Palos Community Hospital Palos Heights · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN HB Comprehensive Hearing Test | $256.90 | $367.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Advocate Childrens Hospital Oak Lawn Oak Lawn · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN COMPREHENSIVE AUDIOLOGY | $265.00 | $530.00 | Nov 3, 2026 source file |
| Advocate Childrens Hospital Park Ridge Park Ridge · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN COMPREHENSIVE AUDIOLOGY | $265.00 | $530.00 | Nov 6, 2026 source file |
| Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center Chicago · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN COMPREHENSIVE AUDIOLOGY | $265.00 | $530.00 | Nov 3, 2026 source file |
| Advocate Lutheran General Hospital Park Ridge · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN COMPREHENSIVE AUDIOLOGY | $265.00 | $530.00 | Nov 3, 2026 source file |
| Hamilton Memorial Hospital McLeansboror · McLeansboror, IL HC AUDIOMETRY COMPREHENSIVE | $285.39 | $317.10 | Jun 11, 2026 source file |
| St Marys Hospital Decatur of Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St Francis Decatur · Decatur, IL HC AUD COMPREHENSIVE AUDIO | $337.68 | $469.00 | Mar 25, 2026 source file |
| The Carle Foundation Hospital Urbana · Champaign-Urbana, IL 60' Comprehensive Audiometry | $373.00 | $373.00 | Apr 15, 2026 source file |
| Richland Memorial Hospital Olney · Olney, IL 60' Comprehensive Audiometry | $378.00 | $378.00 | Apr 15, 2026 source file |
| Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Chicago · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN COMPRE AUDIOMETRY THRESHOLD EVAL SP RECOGNIJ | $396.90 | $567.00 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center Mattoon · Charleston-Mattoon, IL Comprehensive hearing and speech recognition test | $489.00 | $489.00 | Jun 3, 2026 source file |
| Shriners Childrens - Chicago Chicago · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN COMPREHENSIVE HEARING AND SPEECH RECOGNITION TEST | $511.40 | $511.40 | Mar 19, 2026 source file |
| St Elizabeths Hospital of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St Francis O'Fallon · St. Louis, MO-IL COMPREHENSIVE HEARING TEST | $521.28 | $724.00 | Mar 24, 2026 source file |
| Carle BroMenn Medical Center Normal · Bloomington, IL 60' Comprehensive Audiometry (Inpt) | $525.00 | $525.00 | Apr 15, 2026 source file |
| Carle Eureka Hospital Eureka · Peoria, IL Comprehensive Hearing Test | $525.00 | $525.00 | Apr 15, 2026 source file |
| The University of Chicago Medical Center Chicago · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Hc Comprehensive Audiometry Threshold Evaluation And Speech Recognition | $748.00 | $748.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Ingalls Memorial Hospital Harvey · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Hc Comprehensive Audiometry Threshold Evaluation And Speech Recognition | $782.00 | $782.00 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | 29 | $35.28 | $256.90 |
| St. Louis, MO-IL | 5 | $28.80 | $238.60 |
| Champaign-Urbana, IL | 2 | $224.00 | $298.50 |
| Bloomington, IL | 1 | $525.00 | $525.00 |
| Carrollton, IL | 1 | $60.80 | $60.80 |
| Clinton, IL | 1 | $178.25 | $178.25 |
| Charleston-Mattoon, IL | 1 | $489.00 | $489.00 |
| Decatur, IL | 1 | $337.68 | $337.68 |
| Eldorado, IL | 1 | $83.25 | $83.25 |
| Freeport, IL | 1 | $125.60 | $125.60 |
| McLeansboror, IL | 1 | $285.39 | $285.39 |
| Olney, IL | 1 | $378.00 | $378.00 |
| Peoria, IL | 1 | $525.00 | $525.00 |
| Rockford, IL | 1 | $103.52 | $103.52 |
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
- 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
- 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.