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Automated Psychological Test, Result Only

Colorado 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 Colorado, 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 $2.57 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2.19$1.95 to $2.57
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2.57$2.19 to $2.57

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $4Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $2 to $5
$1$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $3professional $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
$2.19
Typical High
$2.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$2.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.15
Median
$1.29
Typical High
$1.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.46
Median
$0.51
Typical High
$0.51
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$3.31
Typical High
$6.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.01
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$3.63
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$4.90
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$5.01
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.86
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$3.47
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.34
Typical High
$3.02
1 more rate 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
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
HO · Master's level
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$2.40

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 32nd 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.