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Behavior Therapy Session With A Trained Technician

Nevada 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 physician fee. In Nevada, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.85 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $15.14 to $18.20.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $16 to $107Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $15 to $30
$1$10$100$1Kfacility $35professional $16

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
$15.85
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$16.22
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$37.15
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.20
Median
$0.20
Typical High
$19.95
Hometown Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$0.20
Median
$0.20
Typical High
$0.20
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,265.80
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$42.66
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$41.69
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
1 more rate 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
UD · State-defined
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.70

Where Nevada 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.

Nevada· 23rd 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.