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Aphasia (Language Ability) Assessment

Florida 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 October 2026.

How much does Aphasia (Language Ability) Assessment cost?

$74.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $74.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $70.79 from a physician practice, and about $178 from a hospital or other facility.

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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$70.79$60.26 to $89.13
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$178$178 to $182

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $178 · 10th to 90th $65 to $186Professionalmedian $71 · 10th to 90th $40 to $112
$50$100$200facility $178professional $71

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$20.89
AvMed
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$102.33
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$134.90
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$186.21
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$69.18
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$239.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$93.33
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$95.50
1 more rate with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
GN · Speech therapy plan
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$74.13

Where Florida sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Alaska than in Florida. 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.

Florida· 51st of 51

$74.13

AK $219FL $74.13

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.