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Developmental Skills Assessment

Iowa rates for HCPCS 96112

This service uses a standardized testing tool to evaluate a child's developmental skills, such as motor coordination, language, thinking ability, and social behavior, followed by the clinician's interpretation and a written report. It helps identify developmental delays or guide further evaluation and support.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Developmental Skills Assessment cost?

$166

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $166 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $166 from a physician practice, and about $251 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$166$126 to $229
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$251$170 to $324

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $251 · 10th to 90th $138 to $398Professionalmedian $166 · 10th to 90th $102 to $269
$100$200$500facility $251professional $166

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
$112.20
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$162.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$288.40
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$363.08
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$398.11
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$794.33
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$263.03
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$354.81
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$309.03
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
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
$64.57
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$32.36

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 2.4 times more in Alaska than in Ohio. 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.

Iowa· 8th of 51

$166

AK $245OH $102

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.