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Individual Behavior Change Counseling, First 30 Min

Alaska rates for HCPCS 96158

This is a one-on-one counseling session with a trained clinician, such as a psychologist, focused on helping someone change habits that affect an existing physical health condition, such as improving diet, exercise, or medication routines for a condition like diabetes or heart disease. It covers the first 30 minutes of the session. It is aimed at supporting treatment of a diagnosed physical illness rather than treating a mental health condition on its own.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Individual Behavior Change Counseling, First 30 Min cost?

$66.07

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $66.07 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $66.07 from a physician practice, and about $70.79 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$66.07$56.23 to $83.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$70.79$60.26 to $89.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $71 · 10th to 90th $56 to $145Professionalmedian $66 · 10th to 90th $50 to $174
$50.0$100.0$200.0$500.0facility $71professional $66

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$93.33
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$134.90
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$144.54
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$309.03
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$269.15
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$144.54
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$169.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$288.40

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 1.5 times more in Minnesota than in Delaware. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Alaska $66.07 · 21st of 51
MN $89.13DE $58.88

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.