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Individual Behavior Change Counseling, First 30 Min

Colorado 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 October 2026.

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

$66.07

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 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 $75.86 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$66.07$50.12 to $75.86
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$75.86$66.07 to $95.50

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $76 · 10th to 90th $66 to $120Professionalmedian $66 · 10th to 90th $49 to $78
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $76professional $66

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
$66.07
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$75.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$97.72
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$104.71
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$97.72
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$141.25
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$158.49
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$95.50
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$933.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$67.61
2 more rates 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
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
HN · Bachelor's level
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$75.86
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
HO · Master's level
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$75.86

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Alaska than in Oklahoma. 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.

Colorado· 22nd of 51

$66.07

AK $138OK $46.77

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.