Swallowing Therapy Session cost at US hospitals

Treatment of swallowing dysfunction and oral feeding difficulty · CPT 92526

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Swallowing Therapy Session

This is swallowing therapy: a session with a speech-language pathologist aimed at the muscles and reflexes used to eat and drink safely, rather than at speech. It is ordered when food or liquid is going down badly — or going the wrong way — after a stroke, with a neurological condition, or after treatment for head and neck cancer.

$28.00

lowest cash price

$232.56

national median

$2,121.00

highest cash price

857

hospitals with a published cash price

Middle half of hospitals (25th–75th percentile) against the full range. The same procedure varies $28.00–$2,121.00 — the variation is the story.

Cheapest published cash price

$28.00

Houston Methodist Hospital — Houston, TX

Most expensive published cash price

$2,121.00

HCA FLORIDA WESTSIDE HOSPITAL — PLANTATION, FL

Median cash price over time

Aug 1, 2025 ($170.90) → Sep 1, 2026 ($470.00)

By state

State Hospitals Lowest cash Median Highest
Alaska 5 $359.58 $391.56 $485.16
Arizona 20 $31.02 $70.69 $273.06
Arkansas 8 $40.28 $199.55 $292.50
California 65 $53.38 $321.36 $520.20
Colorado 17 $92.88 $498.85 $780.19
Florida 81 $72.80 $507.00 $2,121.00
Georgia 25 $129.87 $202.00 $585.70
Hawaii 2 $117.12 $117.12 $288.00
Illinois 51 $61.71 $216.00 $679.68
Indiana 26 $72.00 $216.00 $540.89
Iowa 30 $132.60 $217.00 $749.70
Kansas 11 $117.00 $452.49 $651.37
Kentucky 22 $86.56 $219.60 $540.89
Louisiana 6 $88.66 $88.66 $88.66
Maine 7 $170.90 $341.45 $547.15
Maryland 2 $138.00 $138.00 $138.00
Michigan 27 $106.40 $268.00 $552.00
Minnesota 19 $192.92 $255.14 $312.80
Mississippi 11 $53.68 $110.76 $277.25
Missouri 20 $230.75 $289.90 $1,607.29
Montana 2 $115.20 $115.20 $148.80
Nebraska 13 $154.98 $180.84 $1,300.50
Nevada 4 $74.01 $81.95 $115.90
New Hampshire 1 $367.00 $367.00 $367.00
New Jersey 21 $107.20 $107.20 $107.20
New Mexico 3 $175.98 $175.98 $175.98
New York 23 $83.87 $94.71 $739.00
North Carolina 15 $172.63 $172.63 $396.00
North Dakota 4 $278.40 $278.40 $307.20
Ohio 63 $121.80 $288.00 $934.20
Oklahoma 17 $87.32 $254.80 $524.00
Oregon 12 $145.92 $340.50 $447.75
Pennsylvania 32 $91.80 $296.80 $523.20
South Carolina 11 $153.50 $194.50 $533.00
South Dakota 7 $244.00 $279.20 $338.40
Tennessee 37 $46.76 $84.00 $936.38
Texas 122 $28.00 $268.12 $812.40
Virginia 41 $84.00 $259.20 $736.00
Washington 25 $90.30 $203.00 $386.40
West Virginia 17 $61.50 $168.80 $281.00
Wisconsin 33 $158.40 $270.00 $405.72
Wyoming 2 $101.22 $101.22 $139.09

All hospitals

Hospital Location Cash price Negotiated range
Houston Methodist Hospital Houston, TX $28.00 $84.37 – $337.48
Banner Ironwood Medical Center San Tan Valley, AZ $31.02 $66.00 – $247.50
Banner Estrella Medical Center Phoenix, AZ $36.30 $66.00 – $247.50
26-1214372 NEA Baptist Jonesboro, AR $40.28 $77.33 – $113.36
Claiborne Medical Center Tazewell, TN $46.76 $43.61 – $100.01
SONORA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Sonora, CA $53.38 $48.51 – $492.00
64-0362400 Anderson Regional Main Campus Meridian, MS $53.68 $88.06 – $91.64
Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix, AZ $54.45 $63.87 – $247.50
Banner Del Webb Medical Center Sun City West, AZ $55.11 $63.87 – $264.00
LeConte Medical Center Sevierville, TN $55.97 $43.61 – $100.01
Parkwest Medical Center Knoxville, TN $57.90 $43.61 – $100.01
Morristown-Hamblen Hospital Association Morristown, TN $57.90 $43.61 – $100.01
Banner Boswell Medical Center Sun City, AZ $58.74 $66.00 – $264.00
Banner Casa Grande Medical Center Casa Grande, AZ $59.40 $66.00 – $247.50
Reynolds Memorial Hospital Glen Dale, WV $61.50 $51.47 – $138.58
Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago (Presence Chicago Hospital Network) Chicago, IL $61.71 $83.17 – $290.36
Cumberland Medical Center, Inc. Crossville, TN $61.76 $52.33 – $100.01
Banner Thunderbird Medical Center Glendale, AZ $62.04 $63.87 – $247.50
TWIN CITIES COMMUNITY HOSPITAL Templeton, CA $62.86 $90.21 – $474.00
Roane County Medical Center Harriman, TN $63.69 $43.61 – $100.01
Fort Loudoun Medical Center Lenoir City, TN $63.69 $43.61 – $100.01
Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center Knoxville, TN $63.69 $43.61 – $100.01
Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge Oak Ridge, TN $63.69 $43.61 – $100.01
Banner Baywood Medical Center Mesa, AZ $65.34 $66.00 – $247.50
Banner Goldfield Medical Center Apache Junction, AZ $70.35 $66.00 – $247.50
Banner University Medical Center South Tucson, AZ $70.69 $74.80 – $299.20
Ascension St. Vincent Clay (St. Vincent Clay Hospital, Inc.) Brazil, IN $72.00 $5.54 – $61.03
Ascension Sacred Heart Pensacola (Sacred Heart Health System, Inc.) Pensacola, FL $72.80 $80.95 – $149.76
St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin Lufkin, TX $73.95 $100.00 – $442.91
St. Luke's Health Memorial Livingston Livingston, TX $73.95 $100.00 – $442.91
St. Luke's Health Memorial San Augustine San Augustine, TX $73.95 $88.59 – $511.81
San Martin Hospital Las Vegas, NV $74.01 $76.61 – $249.09
Banner Ocotillo Medical Center Chandler, AZ $78.21 $66.00 – $247.50
64-0881013 MBMC Jackson Jackson, MS $78.75 $77.27 – $92.46
SIERRA VISTA HOSPITAL, INC. San Luis Obispo, CA $79.47 $90.21 – $981.50
Siena Hospital Henderson, NV $81.95 $76.61 – $249.09
Hancock County Hospital SNEEDVILLE, TN $82.34 $37.22 – $134.77
64-0844470 MBMC Yazoo Yazoo City, MS $83.64 $91.64 – $91.64
Gouverneur Hospital Gouverneur, NY $83.87 $172.59 – $172.59
Bristol Regional Medical Center BRISTOL, TN $84.00 $37.22 – $193.10
Franklin Woods Community Hospital JOHNSON CITY, TN $84.00 $45.25 – $175.40
Greeneville Community Hospital GREENEVILLE, TN $84.00 $37.00 – $175.40
Hawkins County Memorial Hospital ROGERSVILLE, TN $84.00 $37.22 – $175.40
Holston Valley Medical Center KINGSPORT, TN $84.00 $37.22 – $193.10
Indian Path Community Hospital KINGSPORT, TN $84.00 $37.22 – $193.10
Johnson City Medical Center JOHNSON CITY, TN $84.00 $37.22 – $175.40
Johnston Memorial Hospital ABINGDON, VA $84.00 $37.22 – $181.83
Lonesome Pine Hospital BIG STONE GAP, VA $84.00 $46.00 – $200.18
Russell County Hospital LEBANON, VA $84.00 $44.99 – $181.83
Smyth County Community Hospital MARION, VA $84.00 $44.99 – $181.83

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