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Automated Psychological Test, Result Only

North Carolina 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 physician fee. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.19 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1.86 to $2.40.

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
$1$2$5facility $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
$1.86
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$2.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.86
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$2.51
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.66
Median
$2.19
Typical High
$2.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$5.01
Typical High
$5.01
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$2.63
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.62
Median
$1.82
Typical High
$2.34
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$2.34
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$3.16
12 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
$0.95
Median
$0.95
Typical High
$0.95
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.38
Median
$0.38
Typical High
$0.38
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AF · Specialist physician
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$2.51
Typical High
$2.69
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
HO · Master's level
Typical Low
$1.86
Median
$1.86
Typical High
$2.04
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TD · Registered nurse
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$2.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$0.95
Median
$0.95
Typical High
$0.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.38
Median
$0.38
Typical High
$0.38
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$0.81
Median
$0.91
Typical High
$1.15
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$0.32
Median
$0.37
Typical High
$0.46
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$0.23
Median
$0.26
Typical High
$0.32
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$0.23
Median
$0.26
Typical High
$0.32
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$0.23
Median
$0.26
Typical High
$0.32

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 30th 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.