Hearing test cost in South Carolina
In South Carolina, 7 hospitals publish a cash price for comprehensive hearing test: tone and speech audiometry, both ears: from $236.50 to $709.92, with a median of $281.63. The lowest price is at MUSC Health - Orangeburg (Orangeburg) and 1 other hospital. The highest price is 3.0× the lowest.
- The median here, $281.63, is 25% above the US median of $225.90.
- That is 2.1× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($131.46).
- South Carolina ranks 26th of 37 states by median, cheapest first.
- 2 of 7 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 28, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$236.50MUSC Health - Orangeburg + 1 more
Median$281.63half of hospitals charge less
Highest$709.92in South Carolina
Lowest saves$45.13vs the median
Hospitals in South Carolina, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| MUSC Health - Orangeburg lowest Orangeburg · Orangeburg, SC HB COMPRE AUDIO/DIAGNOSTIC/MONOAU | $236.50 | $473.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| MUSC Medical Center lowest Charleston · Charleston-North Charleston, SC HB COMPRE AUDIO/DIAGNOSTIC/MONOAU | $236.50 | $473.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Edgefield County Healthcare An Affiliate of Self R Edgefield · Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC HC Compre Audiometry Threshold Eval Sp Recognij | $281.63 | $469.38 | Mar 30, 2026 source file |
| Self Regional Healthcare Greenwood · Greenwood, SC HC Compre Audiometry Threshold Eval Sp Recognij | $281.63 | $469.38 | Mar 30, 2026 source file |
| Abbeville Area Medical Center Abbeville · Greenwood, SC HC Compre Audiometry Threshold Eval Sp Recognij | $328.57 | $469.38 | Mar 30, 2026 source file |
| Conway Medical Center Conway · Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC Comprehensive Hearing Test 92557 | $362.25 | $362.25 | May 20, 2026 source file |
| Shriners Childrens - Greenville Greenville · Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC COMPREHENSIVE HEARING TEST | $709.92 | $709.92 | 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenwood, SC | 2 | $281.63 | $305.10 |
| Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | 1 | $281.63 | $281.63 |
| Charleston-North Charleston, SC | 1 | $236.50 | $236.50 |
| Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC | 1 | $709.92 | $709.92 |
| Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC | 1 | $362.25 | $362.25 |
| Orangeburg, SC | 1 | $236.50 | $236.50 |
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 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 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.