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
Sentara RMH Medical Center Harrisonburg, VA $144.50 $85.08 – $87.58
SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital - Shawnee Shawnee, OK $145.75 $79.91 – $155.82
PORTLAND ADVENTIST MEDICAL CENTER Portland, OR $145.92 $71.31 – $820.80
St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center Pasadena, TX $146.30 $100.00 – $380.00
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh, PA $146.40 $93.26 – $207.44
St Patrick Hospital - Broadway Campus Missoula, MT $148.80 $85.01 – $168.34
CHI Memorial Hospital - Georgia Ringgold, GA $149.19 $75.60 – $408.24
CHI Memorial Hospital Hixson Hixson, TN $149.19 $47.76 – $352.80
Advocate Sherman Hospital Elgin, IL $150.00 $45.31 – $268.00
62-1138045 BMH Union City Union City, TN $151.40 $88.06 – $88.06
Ascension St. Vincent Kokomo (St. Joseph Hospital & Health Center, Inc.) Kokomo, IN $153.00 $5.54 – $61.03
Covenant Hospital Plainview Plainview, TX $153.30 $81.84 – $187.95
MUSC Health Black River Medical Center Cades, SC $153.50 $66.07 – $89.27
MultiCare Auburn Medical Center Auburn, WA $154.00 $49.24 – $396.98
MultiCare Covington Medical Center Covington, WA $154.00 $49.24 – $396.98
MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital Puyallup, WA $154.00 $49.24 – $396.98
MultiCare Mary Bridge Children's Hospital Tacoma, WA $154.00 $49.24 – $674.35
MultiCare Allenmore Hospital Tacoma, WA $154.00 $49.24 – $396.98
CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs Council Bluffs, IA $154.98 $55.35 – $313.65
CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center - Bergan Mercy Omaha, NE $154.98 $62.73 – $313.65
Lasting Hope Recovery Center Omaha, NE $154.98 $62.73 – $313.65
CHI Health Immanuel Omaha, NE $154.98 $51.66 – $313.65
CHI Health Lakeside Omaha, NE $154.98 $59.04 – $313.65
CHI Health Midlands Papillion, NE $154.98 $66.42 – $313.65
WHITE MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER MONTEBELLO, CA $155.52 $48.51 – $1,321.92
Henry Ford Rochester Hospital Rochester, MI $156.51 $27.18 – $212.61
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Berea Berea, KY $156.67 $61.81 – $203.84
Ascension Sacred Heart Bay (Bay County Health System, Inc.) Panama City, FL $157.20 $80.95 – $334.05
64-0682111 BMH DeSoto Southaven, MS $157.40 $87.25 – $206.00
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - Janesville Janesville, WI $158.40 not published
Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center Burbank, CA $158.90 $92.41 – $270.33
CHI Health Nebraska Heart Lincoln, NE $159.62 $72.01 – $284.54
CHRISTUS Health - West Beaumont Beaumont, TX $161.70 $193.71 – $317.46
Southeastern Medical Center Cambridge, OH $162.50 $80.77 – $84.00
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Mt. Sterling, KY $163.46 $44.80 – $194.74
HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital HIGHLAND, IL $164.88 $72.72 – $229.00
Middlesboro ARH Hospital Middlesboro, KY $165.60 $79.80 – $79.80
Providence St Joseph Hospital Eureka Eureka, CA $165.75 $88.53 – $88.53
Jefferson Medical Center Ranson, WV $168.50 not published
Grant Memorial Hospital Petersburg, WV $168.80 not published
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Ozaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Mequon, WI $169.07 $80.50 – $319.20
Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospital - Milwaukee Campus (Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.) Milwaukee, WI $169.07 $80.50 – $319.20
MercyOne Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque, IA $169.65 $72.01 – $261.00
Providence Holy Cross Medical Center Mission Hills, CA $170.10 $92.41 – $170.96
Spring Harbor Hospital Westbrook, ME $170.90 $82.94 – $172.16
Ascension Providence Waco, TX $171.09 $80.63 – $217.21
St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix, AZ $171.90 $85.50 – $355.50
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro, NC $172.63 $22.05 – $327.99
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte, NC $172.63 $22.05 – $317.63
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte, NC $172.63 $22.05 – $317.63

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