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
Clermont Hospital Batavia, OH $121.80 not published
Kings Mills Hospital Mason, OH $121.80 not published
Fairfield Hospital Fairfield, OH $121.80 not published
Mercy West Hospital Cincinnati, OH $121.80 not published
Banner Gateway Medical Center Gilbert, AZ $123.09 $66.00 – $247.50
82-3844150 BMH Crittenden West Memphis, AR $123.60 $87.25 – $107.11
RIDEOUT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL Marysville, CA $125.18 $48.51 – $938.85
Texas Health Hospital Rockwall Rockwall, TX $125.85 $129.01 – $129.01
St. Joseph's Hospital Buckhannon, WV $126.00 not published
East Morgan County Hospital Brush, CO $126.10 $89.76 – $206.61
MultiCare Valley Hospital Spokane Valley, WA $127.60 $50.22 – $381.54
MultiCare Deaconess Hospital Spokane, WA $127.60 $50.22 – $382.40
Defiance Hospital Defiance, OH $128.40 not published
Barnesville Hospital Barnesville, OH $129.00 not published
Wellstar Cobb Hospital Austell, GA $129.87 $80.01 – $148.02
Wellstar Douglas Hospital Douglasville, GA $129.87 $80.01 – $148.02
Wellstar Kennestone Hospital Marietta, GA $129.87 $80.01 – $148.02
Wellstar MCG Health Augusta, GA $129.87 $80.01 – $156.82
Wellstar North Fulton Hospital Roswell, GA $129.87 $80.01 – $148.02
Wellstar Paulding Hospital Hiram, GA $129.87 $80.01 – $148.02
Wellstar Roosevelt Long Term Acute Care at Warm Springs P O Box 280, GA $129.87 not published
Wellstar Spalding Regional Hospital Griffin, GA $129.87 $80.01 – $156.82
Wellstar Sylvan Grove Hospital Jackson, GA $129.87 not published
Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center Lagrange, GA $129.87 $80.01 – $156.82
Wellstar Windy Hill Hospital Marietta, GA $129.87 $83.18 – $163.03
Providence Cedars-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center Tarzana, CA $130.20 $92.41 – $170.96
UPMC Northwest Seneca, PA $130.20 $84.21 – $373.98
Whitesburg ARH Hospital Whitesburg, KY $130.80 $79.80 – $79.80
Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford Murfreesboro, TN $130.97 $32.09 – $190.37
MercyOne Clinton Medical Center Clinton, IA $132.60 $57.73 – $204.00
Jackson General Hospital Ripley, WV $133.50 not published
ADVENTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER TEHACHAPI Tehachapi, CA $135.00 $28.00 – $178.00
Rappahannock General Hospital Kilmarnock, VA $136.20 not published
UPMC Western Maryland Cumberland, MD $138.00 $230.00 – $230.00
ST HELENA HOSPITAL Vallejo, CA $138.15 $48.51 – $447.00
West Virginia University Hospitals Morgantown, WV $138.50 $51.47 – $335.49
Washakie Medical Center Worland, WY $139.09 $102.24 – $206.61
Banner North Colorado Medical Center - Loveland Campus Loveland, CO $139.47 $75.30 – $298.00
Ascension Via Christi Hospital Manhattan, Inc Manhattan, KS $140.00 $70.82 – $220.47
MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital Yakima, WA $140.40 $86.71 – $163.79
Covenant Hospital Levelland Levelland, TX $140.70 $81.84 – $187.95
MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines, IA $141.05 $43.62 – $217.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston, TX $141.40 $100.00 – $404.00
Providence St Joseph Hospital Chewelah, WA $141.40 not published
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston, TX $141.40 $48.69 – $404.00
St. Luke's Health - Sugar Land Hospital Sugar Land, TX $141.40 $100.00 – $404.00
St. Luke's Health - Springwoods Village Hospital Spring, TX $141.40 $100.00 – $404.00
St. Luke's Health - Lakeside Hospital The Woodlands, TX $141.40 $100.00 – $404.00
Providence Mount Carmel Hospital Colville, WA $142.80 not published
Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Charlottesville, VA $144.50 $85.08 – $87.58

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