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Aphasia (Language Ability) Assessment

Michigan 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?

$107

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $107 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $105 from a physician practice, and about $158 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 7 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$105$93.33 to $117
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$158$115 to $224

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $158 · 10th to 90th $98 to $263Professionalmedian $105 · 10th to 90th $83 to $151
$100$200facility $158professional $105

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
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$117.49
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$275.42
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$165.96
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$323.59
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$288.40
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$144.54
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$147.91

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 22nd of 51

$107

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.