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Automated Psychological Test, Result Only

Minnesota 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?

$2.45

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.45 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $2.45 from a physician practice, and about $2.40 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$2.45$2.40 to $2.95
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2.40$2.04 to $6.61

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2 · 10th to 90th $2 to $40Professionalmedian $2 · 10th to 90th $2 to $4
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $2professional $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
$1.82
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$2.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.82
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$2.40
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$93.33
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.57
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$5.01
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$19.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$3.39
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$6.76
Typical High
$15.85
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$2.45
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$251.19
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$13.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$102.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$4.79
4 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
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$1.20
Typical High
$1.20
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.48
Median
$0.48
Typical High
$0.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.20
Median
$1.20
Typical High
$1.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.48
Median
$0.48
Typical High
$0.48

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 15th of 51

$2.45

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.