Hearing test cost in Missouri
In Missouri, 22 hospitals publish a cash price for comprehensive hearing test: tone and speech audiometry, both ears: from $64.00 to $701.88, with a median of $157.59. The lowest price is at Pike County Memorial Hospital (Lousiana). The highest price is 11.0× the lowest.
- The median here, $157.59, is 30% below the US median of $225.90.
- That is 1.2× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($131.46).
- Missouri ranks 13th of 37 states by median, cheapest first.
- 3 of 22 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 Sep 29, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$64.00Pike County Memorial Hospital
Median$157.59half of hospitals charge less
Highest$701.88in Missouri
Lowest saves$93.59vs the median
Hospitals in Missouri, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pike County Memorial Hospital lowest Lousiana · Lousiana, MO 92557 Comprehensive audiometry threshold evaluation and speech recognition | $64.00 | $80.00 | May 5, 2026 source file |
| Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City · Kansas City, MO-KS AUD EVAL COMP/AIR/BONE/SRT/SDT | $89.28 | $186.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Bates County Memorial Hospital Butler · Kansas City, MO-KS COMPREHENSIVE AUDIOMETRY THRESHOLD EVALUATION AND SPEECH RECOGNITION | $90.16 | $128.80 | Apr 20, 2026 source file |
| Phelps Health Rolla · Rolla, MO COMPREHENSIVE HEARING AND SPEECH RECOGNITION TEST | $107.31 | $153.30 | Feb 26, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Perry Perryville · Perryville, MO Comp Audiometry Eval/Speech Recog | $116.35 | $179.00 | Mar 12, 2026 source file |
| Golden Valley Memorial Hospital Clinton · Clinton, MO COMPREHENSIVE HEARING TEST | $119.66 | $199.44 | Jul 1, 2026 source file |
| Heartland Long Term Acute Hospital St. Joseph · St. Joseph, MO-KS HC COMPREHENSIVE HEARING TEST | $129.20 | $152.00 | Jun 23, 2026 source file |
| Mosaic Life Care at St Joseph Medical Center St. Joseph · St. Joseph, MO-KS HC COMPREHENSIVE HEARING TEST | $129.20 | $152.00 | Sep 26, 2025 source file |
| Lester E Cox Medical Centers Springfield · Springfield, MO COMPREHENSIVE HEARING AND SPEECH RECOGNITION TEST | $130.55 | $518.04 | Apr 24, 2026 source file |
| Lakewood Medical Center Kansas City · Kansas City, MO-KS 92557 Comp Audio Threshold Eval/Speech Recog WHR | $150.73 | $274.05 | Aug 5, 2026 source file |
| University Health Truman Medical Center Kansas City · Kansas City, MO-KS 92557 Comp Audio Threshold Eval/Speech Recog WHR | $150.73 | $274.05 | Aug 5, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau · Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Comp Audiometry Eval/Speech Recog | $164.45 | $253.00 | Jun 11, 2026 source file |
| Curators of the University of Missouri Columbia · Columbia, MO COMPREHENSIVE AUDIOMETRY AND SPEECH RECOGNITION-PESC | $177.00 | $295.00 | Dec 15, 2025 source file |
| Mercy Hospital South Saint Louis · St. Louis, MO-IL Comp Audiometry Eval/Speech Recog One Ear | $196.30 | $302.00 | Jun 10, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Hospital St Louis Saint Louis · St. Louis, MO-IL Comp Audiometry Eval/Speech Recog One Ear | $213.20 | $328.00 | Jun 4, 2026 source file |
| Boone Hospital Center Columbia · Columbia, MO COMPREHNSIVE AUDIOMETRY | $224.40 | $374.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Belton Regional Medical Center Kansas City · Kansas City, MO-KS Comprehensive audiometry threshold evaluation and speech recognition (92553 and 92556 combined) | $247.00 | $247.00 | Sep 1, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Hospital Springfield Springfield · Springfield, MO Comp Audiometry Eval/Speech Recog One Ear | $259.35 | $399.00 | Jun 4, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark · Springfield, MO Comp Audiometry Eval/Speech Recog One Ear | $259.35 | $399.00 | Jun 4, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Hospital Joplin Joplin · Joplin, MO-KS Comp Audiometry Eval/Speech Recog | $312.00 | $480.00 | Jun 9, 2026 source file |
| Saint Francis Medical Center Cape Girardeau · Cape Girardeau, MO-IL Hc Air, Bone, Speech | $565.00 | $565.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Shriners Childrens - St Louis Saint Louis · St. Louis, MO-IL COMPREHENSIVE HEARING TEST | $701.88 | $701.88 | Mar 18, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City, MO-KS | 5 | $89.28 | $150.73 |
| Springfield, MO | 3 | $130.55 | $259.35 |
| St. Louis, MO-IL | 3 | $196.30 | $213.20 |
| Cape Girardeau, MO-IL | 2 | $164.45 | $364.72 |
| Columbia, MO | 2 | $177.00 | $200.70 |
| St. Joseph, MO-KS | 2 | $129.20 | $129.20 |
| Clinton, MO | 1 | $119.66 | $119.66 |
| Joplin, MO-KS | 1 | $312.00 | $312.00 |
| Lousiana, MO | 1 | $64.00 | $64.00 |
| Perryville, MO | 1 | $116.35 | $116.35 |
| Rolla, MO | 1 | $107.31 | $107.31 |
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
- 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
- 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.