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Aphasia (Language Ability) Assessment

Massachusetts 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?

$117

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $117 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $112 from a physician practice, and about $245 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 9 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$112$95.50 to $178
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$245$100 to $295

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $245 · 10th to 90th $68 to $372Professionalmedian $112 · 10th to 90th $85 to $263
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $245professional $112

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$2,041.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$177.83
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$616.60
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$363.08
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$269.15
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$208.93
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$158.49
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$257.04
Health New England
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$616.60
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$144.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$288.40

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 2.5 times more in Alaska than in New Mexico. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Massachusetts $117 · 12th of 51
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.