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Family Therapy Session (Without Patient Present)

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 90846

A counseling session with family members that focuses on how they can better understand and support a patient's treatment, held without the patient in the room. It's often used when working through family dynamics, communication patterns, or caregiving challenges can be done more openly without the patient present, or when the patient is unable to attend. It differs from other family therapy sessions mainly in who is included in the room.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Family Therapy Session (Without Patient Present) cost?

$123

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $123 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $123 from a physician practice, and about $115 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$123$110 to $135
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$115$100 to $155

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $115 · 10th to 90th $100 to $468Professionalmedian $123 · 10th to 90th $95 to $158
$100$200$500facility $115professional $123

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
$100.00
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$134.90
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$616.60
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,023.29
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$794.33
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$234.42
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$407.38
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$630.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$125.89

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 1.8 times more in Alaska than in New Mexico. 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.

Minnesota· 2nd of 51

$123

AK $129NM $72.44

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.