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Behavior Therapy Session With A Trained Technician

Florida 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?

$14.45

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.45 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.45 from a physician practice, and about $158 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$14.45$14.45 to $16.98
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$158$56.23 to $288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $158 · 10th to 90th $14 to $339Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $12 to $35
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $158professional $14

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
$14.13
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$15.14
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$24.55
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$36.31
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$15.14
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$50.12
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$63.10
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
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$15.14
3 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
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
77 · Repeat, other provider
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
XP · Separate practitioner
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TG · Complex care level
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$15.49

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 38th of 51

$14.45

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.