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Aphasia (Language Ability) Assessment

Iowa 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?

$151

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $151 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $151 from a physician practice, and about $155 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$151$120 to $224
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$155$107 to $224

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $155 · 10th to 90th $95 to $263Professionalmedian $151 · 10th to 90th $100 to $251
$100$200$500facility $155professional $151

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
$93.33
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$229.09
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$141.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$281.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$426.58
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$245.47
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$263.03
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$269.15
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$177.83
2 more rates 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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$23.99

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 5th of 51

$151

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.