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Automated Psychological Test, Result Only

Alabama rates for HCPCS 96146

A standard psychological or thinking-skills questionnaire given through a computer or tablet, which scores itself and produces a result automatically. It covers giving the test and the automated score alone, without a clinician's separate interpretation and written report.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Automated Psychological Test, Result Only cost?

$2.19

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.19 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.19 from a physician practice, and about $380 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2.19$1.91 to $2.57
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$380$380 to $380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $380 · 10th to 90th $380 to $380Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $2 to $5
$1$5$20$100facility $380professional $2

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
$1.91
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$2.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$2.57
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$2.14
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$380.19
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
32 · Mandated service
Typical Low
$1.29
Median
$1.29
Typical High
$2.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.58
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$46.77
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$2.45
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
$1.02
Median
$1.29
Typical High
$1.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.41
Median
$0.51
Typical High
$0.51

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 2.2 times more in North Dakota than in Kentucky. 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.

Alabama· 29th of 51

$2.19

ND $3.55KY $1.62

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.