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Procedure price report · Diagnostic physical, occupational, and speech therapy

Language and speech loss testing, per hour

CPT 96105the billing code this page is about

Standardized testing of speaking, understanding, reading and writing after brain injury or stroke, with an interpretive report; billed for each hour of testing.

Hospitals typically charge $259 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,389 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $265. Most fall between $141 and $430 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,389
States
50
Filings dated
Jan 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 25, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 2,389 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$102$159$259$390$575

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($102 vs $575).

How the prices are spread

$85 – $106: 145 hospitals$85$106 – $132: 158 hospitals$132 – $165: 206 hospitals$132$165 – $205: 280 hospitals$205 – $256: 270 hospitals$205$256 – $319: 328 hospitals$319 – $397: 308 hospitals$319$397 – $495: 240 hospitals$495 – $616: 122 hospitals$495$616 – $768: 94 hospitals$616median $259price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,151 of 2,389 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$85$106145
$106$132158
$132$165206
$165$205280
$205$256270
$256$319328
$319$397308
$397$495240
$495$616122
$616$76894

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $259.

Alaska: median $425 across 13 hospitalsAK$425Maine: median $150 across 27 hospitalsME$150Vermont: median $312 across 13 hospitalsVT$312New Hampshire: median $220 across 20 hospitalsNH$220Washington: median $268 across 51 hospitalsWA$268Idaho: median $237 across 21 hospitalsID$237Montana: median $202 across 18 hospitalsMT$202North Dakota: median $346 across 22 hospitalsND$346Minnesota: median $244 across 65 hospitalsMN$244Illinois: median $300 across 96 hospitalsIL$300Wisconsin: median $254 across 71 hospitalsWI$254Michigan: median $240 across 68 hospitalsMI$240New York: median $204 across 77 hospitalsNY$204Massachusetts: median $389 across 38 hospitalsMA$389Oregon: median $288 across 44 hospitalsOR$288Nevada: median $302 across 15 hospitalsNV$302Wyoming: median $211 across 10 hospitalsWY$211South Dakota: median $387 across 19 hospitalsSD$387Iowa: median $260 across 65 hospitalsIA$260Indiana: median $217 across 74 hospitalsIN$217Ohio: median $312 across 121 hospitalsOH$312Pennsylvania: median $214 across 88 hospitalsPA$214New Jersey: median $124 across 38 hospitalsNJ$124Connecticut: median $407 across 16 hospitalsCT$407Rhode Island: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $334 across 118 hospitalsCA$334Utah: median $442 across 29 hospitalsUT$442Colorado: median $266 across 61 hospitalsCO$266Nebraska: median $252 across 50 hospitalsNE$252Missouri: median $221 across 61 hospitalsMO$221Kentucky: median $251 across 55 hospitalsKY$251West Virginia: median $283 across 23 hospitalsWV$283Virginia: median $156 across 45 hospitalsVA$156Maryland: median $234 across 33 hospitalsMD$234Delaware: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $189 across 40 hospitalsAZ$189New Mexico: median $271 across 24 hospitalsNM$271Kansas: median $201 across 44 hospitalsKS$201Arkansas: median $141 across 18 hospitalsAR$141Tennessee: median $109 across 55 hospitalsTN$109North Carolina: median $161 across 78 hospitalsNC$161South Carolina: median $229 across 37 hospitalsSC$229Oklahoma: median $178 across 45 hospitalsOK$178Louisiana: median $127 across 40 hospitalsLA$127Mississippi: median $129 across 36 hospitalsMS$129Alabama: median $155 across 30 hospitalsAL$155Georgia: median $211 across 83 hospitalsGA$211Hawaii: median $272 across 10 hospitalsHI$272Texas: median $362 across 161 hospitalsTX$362Florida: median $496 across 112 hospitalsFL$496
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $259. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL112$496+92%$219 – $828
Utah UT29$442+71%$442 – $552
Alaska AK13$425+64%$325 – $874
Connecticut CT16$407+57%$246 – $485
Massachusetts MA38$389+50%$259 – $675
South Dakota SD19$387+50%$265 – $411
Texas TX161$362+40%$169 – $691
North Dakota ND22$346+34%$263 – $450
California CA118$334+29%$205 – $575
Vermont VT13$312+21%$145 – $391
Ohio OH121$312+21%$169 – $422
Nevada NV15$302+17%$188 – $411
Illinois IL96$300+16%$117 – $407
Oregon OR44$288+11%$253 – $386
West Virginia WV23$283+9%$113 – $554
Hawaii HI10$272+5%$205 – $384
New Mexico NM24$271+5%$153 – $326
Washington WA51$268+4%$168 – $400
Colorado CO61$266+3%$183 – $429
Iowa IA65$2600%$149 – $389
Wisconsin WI71$254−2%$189 – $329
Nebraska NE50$252−3%$154 – $336
Kentucky KY55$251−3%$183 – $621
Minnesota MN65$244−6%$206 – $348
Michigan MI68$240−7%$137 – $419
Idaho ID21$237−8%$194 – $314
Maryland MD33$234−10%$168 – $307
South Carolina SC37$229−12%$185 – $360
Missouri MO61$221−15%$141 – $328
New Hampshire NH20$220−15%$110 – $522
Indiana IN74$217−16%$151 – $353
Pennsylvania PA88$214−17%$115 – $449
Georgia GA83$211−19%$152 – $434
Wyoming WY10$211−19%$159 – $421
New York NY77$204−21%$106 – $626
Montana MT18$202−22%$147 – $305
Kansas KS44$201−22%$98 – $295
Arizona AZ40$189−27%$81 – $1,163
Oklahoma OK45$178−31%$94 – $312
North Carolina NC78$161−38%$121 – $277
Virginia VA45$156−40%$97 – $393
Alabama AL30$155−40%$112 – $334
Maine ME27$150−42%$87 – $420
Arkansas AR18$141−46%$85 – $188
Mississippi MS36$129−50%$93 – $214
Louisiana LA40$127−51%$83 – $217
New Jersey NJ38$124−52%$115 – $489
Tennessee TN55$109−58%$73 – $199
Rhode Island RI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE5not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $259.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,746$259$133 – $463
Children’s33$328$205 – $422
Critical access601$260$166 – $385
Ownership
For-profit272$335$148 – $801
Government431$233$144 – $352
Non-profit1,677$259$139 – $420
System affiliation
Part of a system1,994$263$141 – $442
Independent395$232$135 – $387

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$446
Median cash price$259
Cash as a share of list, median hospital64%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 36%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

1,686 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $266 and the average of the middle 60% is $271; most fall between $147 and $429.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,686 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$105$168$266$392$546

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.2× what the cheapest tenth charges ($105 vs $546).

Of the 1,796 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,686 gave a usable cash price; 23 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 87 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,389 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (60%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,535 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,389
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here40
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded106
Hospitals that filed this code2,535

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 25, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 25, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Diagnostic physical, occupational, and speech therapy family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Assessment Aphasia W/Interp & Report per Hour.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Language and speech loss testing, per hour (CPT 96105) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-96105-language-and-speech-loss-testing-per-hour