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Automated Psychological Test, Result Only

Maryland 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?

$2.40

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.40 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2.00 to $2.69.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2 · 10th to 90th $2 to $3Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $2 to $3
$2$5facility $2professional $2

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.29
Typical High
$2.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.70
Median
$1.95
Typical High
$2.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.12
Median
$1.12
Typical High
$1.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.46
Median
$0.46
Typical High
$0.48
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$2.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$3.02
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$3.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.86
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$3.47
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$3.98

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 18th of 51

$2.40

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.