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Aphasia (Language Ability) Assessment

New Jersey 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?

$102

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, July 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 $100 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$102$93.33 to $117
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$100$87.10 to $288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $100 · 10th to 90th $87 to $501Professionalmedian $102 · 10th to 90th $85 to $158
$100$200$500facility $100professional $102

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
$87.10
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$501.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$218.78
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$190.55
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$97.72
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$190.55

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 28th of 51

$102

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.