Hearing test cost in Kentucky
In Kentucky, 11 hospitals publish a cash price for comprehensive hearing test: tone and speech audiometry, both ears: from $31.50 to $156.08, with a median of $73.60. The lowest price is at Ohio County Hospital (Hartford). The highest price is 5.0× the lowest.
- The median here, $73.60, is 67% below the US median of $225.90.
- That is 0.6× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($131.46).
- Kentucky has the lowest median of 37 states with at least 5 hospitals pricing this code.
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
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 10, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$31.50Ohio County Hospital
Median$73.60half of hospitals charge less
Highest$156.08in Kentucky
Lowest saves$42.10vs the median
Hospitals in Kentucky, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio County Hospital lowest Hartford · Hartford, KY COMPREHENSIVE HEARING TEST | $31.50 | $63.00 | Jan 12, 2026 source file |
| T J Samson Community Hospital Glasgow · Glasgow, KY Comprehensive hearing and speech recognition test | $48.10 | $74.00 | Oct 21, 2026 source file |
| Norton Audubon Hospital Louisville · Louisville, KY HB BASIC COMPREHENSION EVALUATION | $73.60 | $368.00 | Feb 11, 2026 source file |
| Norton Brownsboro Hospital Louisville · Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN HB BASIC COMPREHENSION EVALUATION | $73.60 | $368.00 | Feb 11, 2026 source file |
| Norton Children's Hospital Louisville · Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN HB BASIC COMPREHENSION EVALUATION | $73.60 | $368.00 | Feb 11, 2026 source file |
| Norton Hospital Louisville · Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN HB BASIC COMPREHENSION EVALUATION | $73.60 | $368.00 | Feb 11, 2026 source file |
| Norton West Louisville Hospital Louisville · Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN HB BASIC COMPREHENSION EVALUATION | $73.60 | $368.00 | Feb 11, 2026 source file |
| Norton Women's and Kosair Children's Hospital Louisville · Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN HB BASIC COMPREHENSION EVALUATION | $73.60 | $368.00 | Feb 13, 2026 source file |
| Jennie Stuart Medical Center Hopkinsville · Clarksville, TN-KY HC COMPREHENSIVE HEARING TEST | $92.07 | $297.00 | Feb 12, 2026 source file |
| King's Daughters' Medical Center Ashland · Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH HCHG EVAL AUDIOLOGICAL | $121.64 | $304.08 | Sep 25, 2026 source file |
| University of Kentucky Hospital Lexington · Lexington-Fayette, KY Hc Comprehensive Hearing Test | $156.08 | $390.20 | 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
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | 5 | $73.60 | $73.60 |
| Clarksville, TN-KY | 1 | $92.07 | $92.07 |
| Glasgow, KY | 1 | $48.10 | $48.10 |
| Hartford, KY | 1 | $31.50 | $31.50 |
| Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH | 1 | $121.64 | $121.64 |
| Louisville, KY | 1 | $73.60 | $73.60 |
| Lexington-Fayette, KY | 1 | $156.08 | $156.08 |
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
- Illinois$256.90
- Indiana$192.96
- Iowa$108.75
- Kansas$121.00
- 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.