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Automated Psychological Test, Result Only

Louisiana 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 July 2026.

How much does Automated Psychological Test, Result Only cost?

$2.14

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.14 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.14 from a physician practice, and about $2.14 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 5 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$2.14$1.86 to $2.40
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2.14$2.04 to $2.40

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2 · 10th to 90th $2 to $3Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $2 to $3
$2facility $2professional $2

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
$1.86
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$2.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$2.69
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$2.95
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$2.09
Typical High
$2.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$5.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$1.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$3.98

Where Louisiana sits

Rates are fairly even across states for this service. 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.

Louisiana· 16th of 51

$2.14

MA $2.29TN $1.95

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.