$49.27
92556 covers speech audiometry, including speech recognition testing; 92571 is specifically filtered-speech testing.
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CMS RVU26D · Effective 2026-10-01
92571 Speech test Medicare reimbursement rates in Alaska
Reports audiologic testing that presents filtered speech to assess speech recognition when portions of the speech signal are reduced. Compare 92571 office and facility rates across CMS payment localities in Alaska.
Amounts below use the non-QP conversion factor for participating physicians. These are base physician payments before claim-level adjustments, not patient costs or total hospital charges.
What does Medicare pay for 92571 in Alaska?
Alaska has 1 payment locality in this comparison. Use the service location to choose the applicable amount. These are the supported base rates for the payment area shown below, using the same CMS release.
Office / nonfacility
$32.91
1 of 1 localities have a supported rate.
Payment area: Alaska*
One mapped payment locality.
Facility setting
No supported rate
These are locality ranges, not averages or address-specific quotes. A facility-setting amount covers the physician service; it does not include a hospital’s separate bill. Choose a locality below to inspect its calculation, compare other payment areas, or price a percentage of Medicare.
Audiology
About 92571: Filtered speech recognition test
Reports audiologic testing that presents filtered speech to assess speech recognition when portions of the speech signal are reduced.
An audiologist typically presents speech with selected frequency information reduced and evaluates the patient’s ability to recognize it. The test can help characterize speech understanding beyond routine pure-tone thresholds, including in an audiology workup for reported hearing or speech-recognition difficulty. It is performed in an audiology setting using auditory test equipment and speech materials.
Report 92571 for the filtered-speech testing itself, supported by documentation of the test performed and its results. CMS identifies this as a technical-component-only service; interpretation is represented by a separate code. The CMS fee schedule treats the service as bilateral, so modifier 50 does not increase payment. Distinguish it from speech-threshold testing and broader speech audiometry by the filtered stimulus and test purpose, rather than reporting it for ordinary word-recognition testing.
CMS billing rules for 92571
- Professional and technical components
- Technical-component-only code: a separate code covers interpretation.
- Bilateral procedures
- The code is already priced as bilateral; modifier 50 does not increase payment.
Where the value comes from
- Work RVU0.00 · 0%
- Practice expense (office) RVU0.92 · 99%
- Malpractice RVU0.01 · 1%
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This summary was written with AI assistance from CMS physician fee schedule data and checked against the CMS billing rules shown here. Rates on this page come directly from CMS files.
92571 compared with similar codes
Office rates for Alaska, from the same CMS release.
$64.21
92572 is the staggered spondaic word test. It uses a different speech-test method from the filtered stimuli used for 92571.
$31.49
92555 measures speech thresholds. It is not the filtered-speech recognition test reported with 92571.
Compare 92571 by payment locality
Find the payment area for your service address, then open its rate page for calculation inputs, release history and the percentage-of-Medicare tool. A city may cross payment-area boundaries; the ZIP lookup above helps resolve the location.
1 of 1 payment localities
Alaska* →
Office / nonfacility
$32.91
Facility
Unavailable
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How this local rate is calculated
Each RVU component is multiplied by its own geographic practice cost index (GPCI). The three adjusted components are added, then multiplied by the conversion factor. These are the inputs used for 92571 in Alaska*.
PPRRVU2026_Oct_nonQPP.csv
11,842
- Code
- 92571
- Physician work
- 0.00
- Practice expense
- 0.92
- Malpractice
- 0.01
GPCI2026.csv
5
- Locality
- Alaska*
- Physician work
- 1.500
- Practice expense
- 1.065
- Malpractice
- 0.551
| Component | RVU | Locality factor | Adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physician work | 0.00 | × 1.500 | 0.0000 |
| Practice expense | 0.92 | × 1.065 | 0.9798 |
| Malpractice | 0.01 | × 0.551 | 0.0055 |
| Total RVUs | 0.9853 | ||
| Conversion factor | × 33.4009 | ||
Office / nonfacility rate, Alaska*$32.91
Explore RVUs, geographic factors and the full formula
Office / nonfacility
| Component | RVU | Local GPCI |
|---|---|---|
| Work | 0 | 1.5 |
| Practice expense | 0.92 | 1.065 |
| Malpractice | 0.01 | 0.551 |
(0 × 1.5 + 0.92 × 1.065 + 0.01 × 0.551) × $33.4009 = $32.91
The office and facility calculations use their respective practice-expense RVUs. The facility amount here is the physician fee, not a separate hospital or facility bill.
92571 billing questions
How does 92571 differ from complete speech audiometry?
92571 is for testing with filtered speech. Use 92556 for speech audiometry that measures speech recognition and related thresholds using its standard test materials.
Does 92571 include interpretation?
No. CMS identifies 92571 as technical-component-only; a separate code covers interpretation.
Should modifier 50 be appended when both ears are tested?
The CMS fee schedule treats 92571 as bilateral, and modifier 50 does not increase payment.
What documentation supports reporting 92571?
Document that filtered-speech testing was performed and record the test results. The documentation should distinguish this procedure from routine speech audiometry.
Is 92571 the same test as the staggered spondaic word test?
No. 92571 uses filtered speech; 92572 is the staggered spondaic word test, a distinct speech test.
Where these rates come from
FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense, and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indices and the applicable conversion factor. Unavailable or separately priced services are labeled rather than assigned a made-up amount.
Source: RVU26D. Effective 2026-10-01 through the day before 2027-01-01.
11,83992567,,Tympanometry,A,,0.20,0.27,,0.05,,0.01,0.48,0.26,7,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,2,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,02,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
11,84092568,,Acoustic refl threshold tst,A,,0.29,0.16,,0.08,,0.01,0.46,0.38,7,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,2,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,02,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
11,84192570,,Acoustic immitance testing,A,,0.55,0.38,,0.15,,0.01,0.94,0.71,7,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,2,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,02,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
11,84292571,,Filtered speech test,A,,0.00,0.92,,0.92,NA,0.01,0.93,0.93,3,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,2,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,02,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
11,84392572,,Staggered spondaic word test,A,,0.00,1.80,,1.80,NA,0.01,1.81,1.81,3,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,2,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,02,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
11,84492575,,Sensorineural acuity lvl tst,A,,0.00,2.19,,2.19,NA,0.02,2.21,2.21,3,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,2,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,02,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
11,84592576,,Synthetic sentence id test,A,,0.00,1.26,,1.26,NA,0.01,1.27,1.27,3,XXX,0.00,0.00,0.00,0,2,0,0,0,9,,33.4009,02,0,99,0.00,0.00,0.00
2,,,,,,
3Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC),State,Locality Number,Locality Name,2026 PW GPCI (with 1.0 Floor)***,2026 PE GPCI,2026 MP GPCI
410112,AL,00,ALABAMA,1.000,0.875,0.566
502102,AK,01,ALASKA*,1.500,1.065,0.551
603102,AZ,00,ARIZONA,1.000,0.969,0.856
707102,AR,13,ARKANSAS,1.000,0.859,0.515
801112,CA,54,BAKERSFIELD,1.019,1.096,0.609