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Aphasia (Language Ability) Assessment

North Dakota 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?

$182

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $182 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $186 from a physician practice, and about $105 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 5 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$186$107 to $224
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$105$105 to $107

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $105 · 10th to 90th $93 to $170Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $102 to $251
$100$200facility $105professional $186

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
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$218.78
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$151.36
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$229.09
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$112.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$251.19

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota· 3rd of 51

$182

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.