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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 October 2026.

How much does Automated Psychological Test, Result Only cost?

$2.24

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.24 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.19 from a physician practice, and about $33.88 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2.19$1.86 to $2.63
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$33.88$2.69 to $46.77

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $34 · 10th to 90th $2 to $59Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $2 to $5
$1$2$5$10$20$50facility $34professional $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
$1.86
Median
$2.29
Typical High
$2.69
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.26
Median
$1.26
Typical High
$1.58
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.50
Median
$0.51
Typical High
$0.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.86
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$2.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.23
Median
$1.26
Typical High
$1.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.49
Median
$0.51
Typical High
$0.65
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$64.57
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$1.78
Typical High
$2.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$81.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$2.34
Typical High
$2.82
3 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
Facility
Modifier
AF · Specialist physician
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$3.16
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
HO · Master's level
Typical Low
$1.86
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$2.40
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TD · Registered nurse
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.29
Typical High
$2.69

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 27th of 51

$2.24

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.