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
Adventhealth Lake Wales Lake Wales, FL $564.39 $82.62 – $183.42
MEDICAL CITY WEATHERFORD HOSPITAL Weatherford, TX $567.89 $80.50 – $215.21
Adventhealth Redmond Rome, GA $585.70 $80.01 – $222.43
STONESPRINGS HOSPITAL CENTER Dulles, VA $590.66 $62.56 – $346.66
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southwest Fort Worth Fort Worth, TX $610.35 $119.42 – $119.42
SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER MT JULIET, TN $632.52 $49.74 – $118.28
HCA FLORIDA GULF COAST HOSPITAL PANAMA CITY, FL $648.00 $80.14 – $99.14
OVERLAND PARK REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER SHAWNEE, KS $651.37 $70.82 – $85.87
AdventHealth Parker Parker, CO $653.86 $85.40 – $161.21
AdventHealth Littleton Littleton, CO $653.86 $85.40 – $161.21
AdventHealth Porter Denver, CO $653.86 $85.40 – $161.21
AdventHealth Avista Louisville, CO $653.86 $85.40 – $161.21
AdventHealth Castle Rock Castle Rock, CO $653.86 $85.40 – $161.21
HCA FLORIDA FORT WALTON-DESTIN HOSPITAL NAVARRE, FL $659.00 $80.14 – $99.14
HSHS St. Francis Hospital LITCHFIELD, IL $679.68 $44.73 – $210.00
HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER HENDERSONVILLE, TN $709.21 $54.55 – $118.28
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Stephenville Stephenville, TX $710.40 $164.45 – $164.45
CHI Health Mercy Corning Corning, IA $734.40 $137.60 – $313.60
TRICITIES HOSPITAL HOPEWELL, VA $736.00 $70.90 – $112.60
NewYork-Presbyterian Columbia University Irving Medical Center New York, NY $739.00 $88.02 – $180.68
LAFAYETTE REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER Lexington, MO $739.72 $70.82 – $78.77
Adventhealth Port Charlotte Port Charlotte, FL $743.51 not published
CHI Health Missouri Valley Missouri Valley, IA $749.70 $112.00 – $313.60
Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital Arlington, TX $761.40 $119.42 – $119.42
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Denton Denton, TX $761.40 $119.42 – $119.42
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth Fort Worth, TX $761.40 $119.42 – $119.42
HCA HealthONE PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S REHABILITATION, A PART OF SPALDING REHABILITATION Denver, CO $780.19 $86.27 – $91.50
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance Fort Worth, TX $812.40 $119.42 – $119.42
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Allen Allen, TX $812.40 $119.42 – $119.42
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Azle Azle, TX $812.40 $164.45 – $164.45
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas Dallas, TX $812.40 $119.42 – $119.42
Texas Health Hospital Frisco Frisco, TX $812.40 $119.42 – $119.42
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Hurst-Euless-Bedford Bedford, TX $812.40 $119.42 – $119.42
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano Plano, TX $812.40 $119.42 – $119.42
Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Cleburne Cleburne, TX $812.40 $164.45 – $164.45
Adventhealth Connerton Land O Lakes, FL $821.26 not published
HCA FLORIDA WOODMONT HOSPITAL TAMARAC, FL $826.75 $82.40 – $683.85
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE, FL $852.00 $66.10 – $99.14
HCA FLORIDA LEHIGH HOSPITAL LEHIGH ACRES, FL $894.21 $82.40 – $99.14
HCA FLORIDA ST. LUCIE HOSPITAL STUART, FL $903.00 $82.40 – $938.70
St Anne Hospital Toledo, OH $934.20 not published
NORTHCREST MEDICAL CENTER SPRINGFIELD, TN $936.38 $80.46 – $118.28
HCA FLORIDA CAPITAL HOSPITAL TALLAHASSEE, FL $981.00 $80.14 – $140.45
HCA FLORIDA JFK HOSPITAL PALM BEACH GARDENS, FL $998.00 $80.70 – $174.15
HCA FLORIDA BLAKE HOSPITAL BRADENTON, FL $1,010.23 $80.14 – $94.09
HCA FLORIDA AVENTURA HOSPITAL HIALEAH, FL $1,028.00 $83.69 – $116.48
HCA FLORIDA SOUTH TAMPA HOSPITAL Tampa, FL $1,141.36 $80.14 – $111.54
UCF LAKE NONA HOSPITAL Orlando, FL $1,268.93 $80.14 – $111.54
CHI Health Plainview Plainview, NE $1,285.20 $195.20 – $433.35
CHI Health Schuyler Schuyler, NE $1,300.50 $68.55 – $362.31

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