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Individual Behavior Change Counseling, First 30 Min

Montana 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 Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $66.07 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $64.57 from a physician practice, and about $95.50 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$64.57$57.54 to $75.86
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$95.50$67.61 to $107

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $95 · 10th to 90th $59 to $115Professionalmedian $65 · 10th to 90th $54 to $93
$100.0$1.0K$10.0K$100.0Kfacility $95professional $65

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
$53.70
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$83.18
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$64,565.42
Median
$64,565.42
Typical High
$89,125.09
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$104.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$158.49
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$114.82
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$114.82
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$112.20
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$112.20

Where Montana 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.

Montana $66.07 · 25th 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.