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Procedure price report · Psychological and psychiatric evaluation and therapy

Neuropsychological testing review and planning, first hour

CPT 96132the billing code this page is about

A psychologist interprets brain-related test results, integrates them with medical and other records, plans care and reports findings; covers the first hour of this professional time.

Hospitals typically charge $343 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 843 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $378. Most fall between $191 and $764 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
843
States
48
Filings dated
Jun 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 843 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
$126$216$343$622$1,067

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.4× what the cheapest tenth charges ($126 vs $1,067).

How the prices are spread

$78 – $104: 21 hospitals$78$104 – $137: 46 hospitals$137 – $182: 55 hospitals$137$182 – $241: 108 hospitals$241 – $320: 113 hospitals$241$320 – $424: 141 hospitals$424 – $562: 83 hospitals$424$562 – $746: 61 hospitals$746 – $988: 58 hospitals$746$988 – $1,310: 79 hospitals$988median $343price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (765 of 843 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$78$10421
$104$13746
$137$18255
$182$241108
$241$320113
$320$424141
$424$56283
$562$74661
$746$98858
$988$1,31079

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$381
Median cash price$343
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.90×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $343.

Alaska: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $306 across 10 hospitalsWA$306Idaho: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $221 across 26 hospitalsMN$221Illinois: median $328 across 34 hospitalsIL$328Wisconsin: median $221 across 56 hospitalsWI$221Michigan: median $280 across 51 hospitalsMI$280New York: median $466 across 46 hospitalsNY$466Massachusetts: median $464 across 18 hospitalsMA$464Oregon: median $235 across 14 hospitalsOR$235Nevada: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $300 across 23 hospitalsIA$300Indiana: median $374 across 30 hospitalsIN$374Ohio: median $377 across 42 hospitalsOH$377Pennsylvania: median $423 across 51 hospitalsPA$423New Jersey: median $587 across 13 hospitalsNJ$587Connecticut: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $1,015 across 77 hospitalsCA$1,015Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: median $227 across 13 hospitalsNE$227Missouri: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $429 across 14 hospitalsWV$429Virginia: median $306 across 25 hospitalsVA$306Maryland: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $103 across 10 hospitalsTN$103North Carolina: median $216 across 25 hospitalsNC$216South Carolina: median $863 across 20 hospitalsSC$863Oklahoma: median $203 across 12 hospitalsOK$203Louisiana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: median $347 across 14 hospitalsMS$347Alabama: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $381 across 18 hospitalsGA$381Hawaii: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $343 across 57 hospitalsTX$343Florida: median $281 across 24 hospitalsFL$281
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $343. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA77$1,015+196%$421 – $1,310
South Carolina SC20$863+152%$379 – $863
New Jersey NJ13$587+71%$483 – $588
New York NY46$466+36%$245 – $637
Massachusetts MA18$464+35%$326 – $705
West Virginia WV14$429+25%$268 – $542
Pennsylvania PA51$423+23%$69 – $622
Georgia GA18$381+11%$381 – $1,410
Ohio OH42$377+10%$317 – $1,035
Indiana IN30$374+9%$138 – $541
Mississippi MS14$347+1%$128 – $678
Texas TX57$3430%$328 – $407
Illinois IL34$328−4%$167 – $805
Washington WA10$306−11%$235 – $476
Virginia VA25$306−11%$85 – $412
Iowa IA23$300−12%$232 – $455
Florida FL24$281−18%$222 – $991
Michigan MI51$280−18%$126 – $803
Oregon OR14$235−31%$67 – $263
Nebraska NE13$227−34%$172 – $284
Minnesota MN26$221−35%$78 – $340
Wisconsin WI56$221−35%$173 – $383
North Carolina NC25$216−37%$192 – $231
Oklahoma OK12$203−41%$203 – $203
Tennessee TN10$103−70%$74 – $322
Kansas KS9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD2not 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 $343.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care659$363$201 – $805
Children’s34$320$148 – $634
Critical access146$303$158 – $568
Ownership
For-profit46$379$172 – $538
Government134$303$179 – $628
Non-profit659$347$192 – $805
System affiliation
Part of a system717$343$196 – $803
Independent126$322$161 – $538

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$552
Median cash price$343
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. 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

630 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $340 and the average of the middle 60% is $369; most fall between $191 and $824.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 630 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
$129$212$340$634$1,123

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($129 vs $1,123).

Of the 665 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 630 gave a usable cash price; 15 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 20 a list price only.

How complete is this

843 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (21%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 894 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted843
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here26
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 — excluded25
Hospitals that filed this code894

Sections not shown for this setting

  • 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 Psychological and psychiatric evaluation and therapy family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Neuropsychological Tst Eval Phys/Qhp 1st 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.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Neuropsychological testing review and planning, first hour (CPT 96132) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-96132-neuropsychological-testing-review-and-planning-first-hour