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Automated Psychological Test, Result Only

North Dakota 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?

$3.55

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3.55 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3.55 from a physician practice, and about $1.70 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3.55$2.00 to $4.07
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1.70$1.48 to $2.00

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2 · 10th to 90th $1 to $2Professionalmedian $4 · 10th to 90th $2 to $5
$2$5$10$20facility $2professional $4

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
$1.48
Median
$1.70
Typical High
$2.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.48
Median
$1.70
Typical High
$2.04
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$5.50
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$0.71
Median
$0.81
Typical High
$1.10
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$5.01
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.00
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$5.89
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.24
Median
$2.34
Typical High
$13.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$3.47
2 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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1.00
Median
$1.00
Typical High
$1.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.40
Median
$0.40
Typical High
$0.48

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 1st of 51

$3.55

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.