Hearing test cost in North Carolina
In North Carolina, 26 hospitals publish a cash price for comprehensive hearing test: tone and speech audiometry, both ears: from $127.80 to $743.61, with a median of $158.50. The lowest price is at Betsy Johnson Hospital (Dunn) and 4 other hospitals. The highest price is 5.8× the lowest.
- The median here, $158.50, is 30% below the US median of $225.90.
- That is 1.2× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($131.46).
- North Carolina ranks 14th of 37 states by median, cheapest first.
- 2 of 26 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 11, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$127.80Betsy Johnson Hospital + 4 more
Median$158.50half of hospitals charge less
Highest$743.61in North Carolina
Lowest saves$30.70vs the median
Hospitals in North Carolina, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Betsy Johnson Hospital lowest Dunn · Anderson Creek, NC COMPREHENSIVE HEARING TEST | $127.80 | $213.00 | Apr 7, 2026 source file |
| Cape Fear Valley - Bladen County Hospital lowest Elizabethtown · Elizabethtown, NC COMPREHENSIVE HEARING TEST | $127.80 | $213.00 | Mar 21, 2026 source file |
| Cape Fear Valley - Hoke Hospital lowest Raeford · Fayetteville, NC COMPREHENSIVE HEARING TEST | $127.80 | $213.00 | Mar 30, 2026 source file |
| Cape Fear Valley Medical Center lowest Fayetteville · Fayetteville, NC COMPREHENSIVE HEARING TEST | $127.80 | $213.00 | Mar 21, 2026 source file |
| Highsmith-Rainey Specialty Hospital lowest Fayetteville · Fayetteville, NC COMPREHENSIVE HEARING TEST | $127.80 | $213.00 | Mar 22, 2026 source file |
| North Carolina Baptist Hospital Winston Salem · Winston-Salem, NC HC COMPREHENSIVE HEARING TEST | $150.00 | $300.00 | Oct 8, 2025 source file |
| Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro · Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC HC COMPREHENSIVE HEARING TEST | $158.50 | $317.00 | Oct 28, 2026 source file |
| Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby · Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC HC COMPREHENSIVE HEARING TEST | $158.50 | $317.00 | Oct 28, 2026 source file |
| Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton · Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC HC COMPREHENSIVE HEARING TEST | $158.50 | $317.00 | Oct 29, 2026 source file |
| Atrium Health Mercy, a facility of Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte · Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC HC COMPREHENSIVE HEARING TEST | $158.50 | $317.00 | Oct 29, 2026 source file |
| Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte · Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC HC COMPREHENSIVE HEARING TEST | $158.50 | $317.00 | Oct 29, 2026 source file |
| Atrium Health Union Monroe · Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC HC COMPREHENSIVE HEARING TEST | $158.50 | $317.00 | Oct 29, 2026 source file |
| Atrium Health University City Charlotte · Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC HC COMPREHENSIVE HEARING TEST | $158.50 | $317.00 | Oct 29, 2026 source file |
| Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte · Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC HC COMPREHENSIVE HEARING TEST | $158.50 | $317.00 | Oct 29, 2026 source file |
| Carolinas Medical Center-Northeast Concord · Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC HC COMPREHENSIVE HEARING TEST | $158.50 | $317.00 | Nov 4, 2026 source file |
| North Carolina Baptist Hospital Bermuda Run · Winston-Salem, NC HC COMPREHENSIVE HEARING TEST | $158.50 | $317.00 | Oct 30, 2026 source file |
| Stanly Regional Medical Center Albermarle · Albemarle, NC HC COMPREHENSIVE HEARING TEST | $158.50 | $317.00 | Oct 29, 2026 source file |
| Duke University Hospital Durham · Durham, NC Comprehensive Hearing Test | $175.23 | $649.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Duke Health Raleigh Hospital Raleigh · Raleigh-Cary, NC Comprehensive Hearing Test | $175.23 | $649.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Duke Regional Hospital Durham · Durham-Chapel Hill, NC Comprehensive Hearing Test | $175.23 | $649.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Sentara Albemarle Regional Medical Center Elizabeth City · Elizabeth City, NC Audiology-Basic | $268.00 | $536.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| AdventHealth Hendersonville Hendersonville · Asheville, NC HC COMPREHENSIVE HEARING TEST | $295.00 | $295.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| ECU Health Beaufort Hospital Washington · Washington, NC Comp Aud Thresh Eval and Sp Rec | $451.56 | $852.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| ECU Health Medical Center Greenville · Greenville, NC Comp Aud Thresh Eval and Sp Rec | $451.56 | $852.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Erlanger Murphy Medical Center Murphy · Murphy, NC HC Comprehensive Hearing Test | $582.40 | $832.00 | Jan 25, 2026 source file |
| Mission Hospital Asheville · Asheville, NC COMP AUD THR EVAL/SP REC | $743.61 | $743.61 | Sep 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 8 | $158.50 | $158.50 |
| Fayetteville, NC | 3 | $127.80 | $127.80 |
| Asheville, NC | 2 | $295.00 | $519.30 |
| Winston-Salem, NC | 2 | $150.00 | $154.25 |
| Albemarle, NC | 1 | $158.50 | $158.50 |
| Anderson Creek, NC | 1 | $127.80 | $127.80 |
| Durham, NC | 1 | $175.23 | $175.23 |
| Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | 1 | $175.23 | $175.23 |
| Elizabethtown, NC | 1 | $127.80 | $127.80 |
| Elizabeth City, NC | 1 | $268.00 | $268.00 |
| Greenville, NC | 1 | $451.56 | $451.56 |
| Murphy, NC | 1 | $582.40 | $582.40 |
| Raleigh-Cary, NC | 1 | $175.23 | $175.23 |
| Shelby-Kings Mountain, NC | 1 | $158.50 | $158.50 |
| Washington, NC | 1 | $451.56 | $451.56 |
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
- 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 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.