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
HSHS St. Nicholas Hospital SHEBOYGAN, WI $224.40 $16.89 – $259.68
HSHS St. Vincent Hospital Green Bay, WI $224.40 $17.51 – $259.68
HSHS St. Clare Memorial Hospital OCONTO FALLS, WI $224.40 $65.44 – $283.80
MultiCare Capital Medical Center Olympia, WA $224.40 $53.18 – $157.26
Weirton Medical Center Weirton, WV $224.50 $62.02 – $403.03
UnityPoint Health - St. Luke's Hospital Cedar Rapids, IA $224.80 $78.93 – $153.99
Providence Little Co of Mary Med Center San Pedro San Pedro, CA $225.05 $92.41 – $170.96
Providence Little Company of Mary Med Center Torrance Torrance, CA $225.05 $92.41 – $228.09
Hardin Memorial Hospital Kenton, OH $225.55 not published
Mercy Hospital Logan County Guthrie, OK $226.20 $75.02 – $198.68
Ascension Calumet Hospital, Inc. Chilton, WI $226.29 $92.07 – $291.59
Parkview Regional Medical Center & Parkview Hospital Randallia Fort Wayne, IN $227.00 $81.15 – $121.72
Parkview Ortho Hospital Fort Wayne, IN $227.00 $81.15 – $121.72
Mercy Hospital Boonville Booneville, AR $227.50 $75.02 – $272.73
Ascension Seton Cedar Park Hospital Cedar Park, TX $228.43 $85.23 – $364.95
Abbott Northwestern Hospital MN 55407, MN $228.58 $67.62 – $280.69
Mercy Hospital MN 55443 | 550 Osborne Road NE. Fridley, MN $228.58 $67.62 – $150.30
United Hospital MN | 1175 Nininger Road. Hastings, MN $228.58 $67.62 – $311.48
Providence St Luke's Rehabilitation Medical Center Spokane, WA $228.69 $86.74 – $95.41
Dell Children's Medical Center (Ascension Seton) Austin, TX $228.90 $85.23 – $364.95
HSHS Holy Family Hospital GREENVILLE, IL $229.68 $32.81 – $203.45
Uniontown Hospital Uniontown, PA $230.00 $62.02 – $168.13
St Jude Medical Center Fullerton, CA $230.40 $78.55 – $170.96
Ascension St. Vincent Evansville (St. Mary's Health, Inc.) IN 47750|10388 Warrick Wellness Trail Newburgh, IN $230.40 $5.54 – $61.03
Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau, MO $230.75 $72.86 – $282.94
Ascension St. Vincent Randolph (St. Vincent Randolph Hospital, Inc.) Winchester, IN $232.20 $5.54 – $61.03
Beckley ARH Hospital Beckley, WV $232.20 $79.80 – $79.80
Hazard ARH Regional Medical Center Hazard, KY $232.20 $79.80 – $79.80
HSHS St. Mary's Hospital DECATUR, IL $232.56 $32.81 – $323.00
Morrow County Hospital Mount Gilead, OH $240.31 $104.54 – $172.50
Grady Memorial Hospital Delaware, OH $240.50 $80.77 – $84.00
Adventhealth Sebring Sebring, FL $243.99 $84.69 – $187.76
Sanford Canton Inwood Medical Center Canton, SD $244.00 $104.31 – $274.50
Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital Downers Grove, IL $245.00 $31.52 – $531.51
Sentara Halifax Regional Hospital South Boston, VA $245.50 $85.08 – $87.58
Ascension Seton Edgar B. Davis (Ascension Seton) Luling, TX $246.87 $85.23 – $364.95
Ascension Seton Highland Lakes (Ascension Seton) Burnet, TX $246.87 $85.23 – $364.95
SSM Health St. Clare Hospital - Baraboo Baraboo, WI $246.95 $61.72 – $82.30
Lorain Hospital Lorain, OH $247.80 not published
Advocate Childrens Hospital - Park Ridge Park Ridge, IL $250.00 $43.34 – $526.26
UnityPoint Health - Iowa Lutheran Hospital Des Moines, IA $250.49 $78.93 – $135.58
Riverside Methodist Hospital Columbus, OH $252.85 $80.77 – $80.77
Dublin Methodist Hospital Dublin, OH $252.85 not published
Grant Medical Center Columbus, OH $252.85 $80.77 – $80.77
Doctors Hospital Columbus, OH $252.85 $80.77 – $80.77
UnityPoint Health - Finley Hospital Dubuque, IA $253.72 $77.54 – $253.71
Sanford Vermillion Hospital Vermillion, SD $254.40 $93.81 – $286.20
Mercy Hospital Tishomingo Tishomingo, OK $254.80 $75.02 – $135.85
Allina Health Faribault Medical Center Faribualt, MN $255.14 $67.62 – $392.47
Buffalo Hospital Buffalo, MN $255.14 $67.62 – $392.47

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