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Aphasia (Language Ability) Assessment

Alabama rates for HCPCS 96105

A structured assessment of language ability after a stroke, head injury or other brain condition, testing speaking, understanding, reading, writing and spelling. The clinician scores the findings and writes a report that guides therapy; it is charged for each hour of assessment.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Aphasia (Language Ability) Assessment cost?

$100

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $100 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $100 from a physician practice, and about $427 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$100$91.20 to $115
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$427$380 to $479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $427 · 10th to 90th $269 to $562Professionalmedian $100 · 10th to 90th $85 to $123
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $427professional $100

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$123.03
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$575.44
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$144.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$144.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$131.83

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 2.5 times more in Alaska than in New Mexico. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Alabama· 39th of 51

$100

AK $219NM $89.13

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.