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Individual Behavior Change Counseling, First 30 Min

Idaho 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?

$70.79

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $70.79 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $70.79 from a physician practice, and about $72.44 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 8 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$70.79$61.66 to $83.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$72.44$63.10 to $89.13

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $72 · 10th to 90th $58 to $112Professionalmedian $71 · 10th to 90th $55 to $120
$100.0$1.0K$10.0Kfacility $72professional $71

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$93.33
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$162.18
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$147.91
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$123.03
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$107.15
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$147.91
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$52.48
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$104.71
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$117.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$109.65

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho $70.79 · 3rd 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.