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Aphasia (Language Ability) Assessment

Virginia 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 Virginia, 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 $135 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$102$93.33 to $112
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$135$93.33 to $269

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $135 · 10th to 90th $68 to $10,233Professionalmedian $102 · 10th to 90th $81 to $126
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $135professional $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
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$125.89
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$338.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$151.36
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$125.89
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$117.49
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$190.55
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$177.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$158.49
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
$45.71
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 29th 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.