[obelix_]

Just cheaper these days to buy them from India. You could fly there, get a top quality doc/audiologist to check you up. The same top of the line aids cost around 2-3K max. Do the touristy stuff and fly back all for less than what it costs to get an aid in the US. "Medical tourism" they call it.

[gwern]

If you are taking the trouble to look into how to save money on hearing aids, Costco will get you audiologist testing and hearing aids at <$2000 and vastly less trouble than a trip to India. (That's what I did for my last replacement pair last year and so far it's worked out well.)