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Behavior Therapy Session With A Trained Technician

Minnesota 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?

$19.05

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.05 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.05 from a physician practice, and about $20.42 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$19.05$15.14 to $21.38
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20.42$15.14 to $81.28

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $15 to $135Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $14 to $32
$20$50$100$200facility $20professional $19

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
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$19.50
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$213.80
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$47.86
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$229.09
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$83.18
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$34.67
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$177.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$112.20

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 2nd of 51

$19.05

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.