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Behavior Therapy Session With A Trained Technician

Alaska rates for HCPCS 97153

A trained behavior technician works one-on-one with a patient, following a structured plan designed by a supervising clinician, to teach skills and reduce challenging behaviors. This is billed in 15-minute increments and is commonly used as part of treatment for autism spectrum disorder and similar developmental needs.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Behavior Therapy Session With A Trained Technician cost?

$15.14

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.14 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.14 from a physician practice, and about $19.50 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$15.14$15.14 to $27.54
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.50$15.14 to $21.38

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $15 to $28Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $14 to $28
$20$50facility $19professional $15

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$31.62
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$21.38
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$27.54
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$27.54
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$177.83
4 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
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
HM · Below bachelor's level
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$13.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
HN · Bachelor's level
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$15.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
HO · Master's level
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$18.62
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
HP · Doctoral level
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$18.62

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 4.5 times more in Wyoming than in West Virginia. 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.

Alaska· 28th of 51

$15.14

WY $48.98WV $10.96

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.