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Aphasia (Language Ability) Assessment

Missouri 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?

$102

Typical negotiated rate. In Missouri, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $102 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $102 from a physician practice, and about $117 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$102$87.10 to $123
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$117$97.72 to $295

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $117 · 10th to 90th $89 to $437Professionalmedian $102 · 10th to 90th $83 to $170
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $117professional $102

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
$95.50
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$120.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,659.59
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$147.91
BCBS Kansas City
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$190.55
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$436.52
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$616.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$257.04
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
$47.86
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$23.99

Where Missouri 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.

Missouri· 31st of 51

$102

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.