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Automated Psychological Test, Result Only

South 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?

$2.82

Typical physician fee. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2.82 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2.19 to $4.27.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $4Professionalmedian $3 · 10th to 90th $2 to $5
$2$5$10$20$50$100facility $3professional $3

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
$1.48
Median
$1.70
Typical High
$2.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.62
Median
$1.86
Typical High
$2.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$3.09
Typical High
$5.01
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.34
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$3.72
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$2.95
Typical High
$13.18
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$3.63
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$3.63
Typical High
$4.27
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2.51
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$3.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1.91
Median
$1.95
Typical High
$4.07
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.63
Median
$4.37
Typical High
$4.37
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
$1.10
Median
$1.10
Typical High
$1.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$0.44
Median
$0.44
Typical High
$0.44

Where South 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.

South Dakota· 8th of 51

$2.82

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.