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Aphasia (Language Ability) Assessment

South Carolina 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?

$100

Typical negotiated rate. In South Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $100 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $97.72 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 6 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$97.72$93.33 to $102
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$100$97.72 to $126

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $100 · 10th to 90th $83 to $166Professionalmedian $98 · 10th to 90th $89 to $115
$50$100$200facility $100professional $98

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
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$112.20
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$338.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$181.97
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$177.83
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$147.91

Where South Carolina 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.

South Carolina· 40th of 51

$100

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.