HESI A2 guideRegistration & test day
How Much Does the HESI A2 Cost?
HESI A2 cost is set by the program and testing pathway, not a single Elsevier sticker price. Separate exam access, proctoring, and transcript or retake fees.
Short answer
Passy cannot publish a single official HESI A2 price that applies nationwide. Elsevier delivers the assessment through institutions; the amount you pay depends on how that institution sells access, whether you test on campus, at Prometric, or with a remote vendor, and whether extra transcript or retake charges apply. Read the current fee line on your program’s testing page and the payment screen in the registration pathway you were told to use.
Price follows the pathway, not a recycled blog number
Search results that still quote one dollar amount are usually describing one school, one year, or one vendor. Elsevier’s public student registration documents explain how to register and pay inside a given flow; they do not replace your program’s fee table. Before you checkout, keep HESI A2 prep pointed at the exams that fee actually buys in Passy.
Fees that are easy to mix together
Treat these as separate line items when they appear:
- Exam access sold or bundled by the school
- Proctoring or seat fee for a campus lab, Prometric, or remote vendor
- Retake charges if the school or vendor bills another sitting
- Score sending or extra report copies, if the school does not automatically receive Evolve results
Evolve remote-testing student instructions mention completing payment for proctoring fees when that step applies. Prometric scheduling for Elsevier exams is a different checkout when that is your pathway. Neither source is a national price list.
How to verify the number you will actually pay
- Open the program’s current HESI testing page, not a PDF from a prior year.
- Start the registration path in how to register until the official payment screen.
- Ask whether the quoted amount includes remote proctoring.
- Ask whether a retake is billed again (retake rules).
- Ignore marketplace listings that are not named in the school instructions.
Remote testing can add a vendor fee that an on-campus sitting does not.
If two applications use two sites, budget two invoices. Then practice the HESI A2 exams those applications require in Passy so you are not paying to sit an unassigned science exam you never reviewed.
What a “cheap HESI” listing usually is
It is often an unofficial practice product, an expired school quote, or a different HESI exam (specialty or exit). Admission Assessment A2 registration should match the Course ID, Prometric eligibility, or campus instructions you were given.
After the fee is real, use a HESI A2 preview in Passy to see whether the sitting is even the next useful spend—versus another week of assigned-exam repair.
A second attempt you have not earned yet is usually the more expensive option.
When money is tight, repair the weakest assigned HESI A2 exam in Passy before buying another date.
Trust the source
Official sources
Exam policies can change. Use these primary sources for the most current details.