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Individual Behavior Change Counseling, First 30 Min

North Dakota 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?

$126

Typical physician fee. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $126 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $67.61 to $148.

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 $68 · 10th to 90th $60 to $102Professionalmedian $126 · 10th to 90th $59 to $174
$50$100$200facility $68professional $126

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
$60.26
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$67.61
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$169.82
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$181.97
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$134.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$77.62

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota· 2nd of 51

$126

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.