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Individual Behavior Change Counseling, First 30 Min

Alabama 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 physician fee. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $66.07 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $58.88 to $77.62.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $47 · 10th to 90th $47 to $316Professionalmedian $66 · 10th to 90th $52 to $89
$50$100$200facility $47professional $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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$89.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$81.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$91.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$316.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$107.15

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 1.5 times more in Minnesota than in Delaware. 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.

Alabama· 22nd of 51

$66.07

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.