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Behavior Identification Assessment

Nationwide rates for HCPCS 0359T

A specialist works out why difficult or unsafe behaviors are happening. It includes taking a detailed history, observing the patient directly, giving structured tests and interviewing the caregiver, then writing a report and going through the findings and recommendations with the family.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Behavior Identification Assessment cost?

$288

Typical negotiated rate. Nationwide, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $288 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $288 from a physician practice, and about $832 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 10 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$288$288 to $355
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$832$692 to $1,072

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $832 · 10th to 90th $603 to $1,995Professionalmedian $288 · 10th to 90th $288 to $363
$100$1K$10Kfacility $832professional $288

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
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70,794.58
Median
$70,794.58
Typical High
$70,794.58
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74,131.02
Median
$74,131.02
Typical High
$74,131.02
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$363.08
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$128.82
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$346.74
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,995.26
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$288.40
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$831.76
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$50.12
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$323.59
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$151.36
1 more rate 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
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
CSTM-00
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$331.13

What it costs in each state

The same service costs 17.4 times more in Idaho than in South Carolina. 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.

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ID $525SC $30.20

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.