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Behavior Therapy Session With A Trained Technician

Idaho 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?

$15.85

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.85 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.85 from a physician practice, and about $151 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$15.85$13.80 to $21.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$151$54.95 to $214

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $151 · 10th to 90th $11 to $269Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $11 to $23
$20$50$100$200facility $151professional $16

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$14.13
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$269.15
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$21.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$41.69
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$14.13
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$14.13
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$54.95
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$50.12
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$288.40
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$15.85
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$213.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$37.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$64.57
5 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
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$15.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
HM · Below bachelor's level
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$12.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
HN · Bachelor's level
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$14.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
HO · Master's level
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$16.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
HP · Doctoral level
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$16.60

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 22nd of 51

$15.85

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.