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Behavior Therapy Session With A Trained Technician

Louisiana 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 July 2026.

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

$14.79

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.79 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.79 from a physician practice, and about $13.80 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$14.79$13.80 to $15.49
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.80$13.80 to $48.98

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14 · 10th to 90th $14 to $302Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $13 to $19
$10$20$50$100$200facility $14professional $15

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$18.20
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$28.18
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$12.59
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$38.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$16.60
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$63.10

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 1.7 times more in North Carolina than in New Mexico. 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.

Louisiana· 49th of 51

$14.79

NC $24.55NM $14.79

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.