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Behavior Therapy Session With A Trained Technician

Oregon 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?

$13.80

Typical negotiated rate. In Oregon, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.80 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.80 from a physician practice, and about $20.89 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$13.80$13.18 to $15.85
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20.89$17.78 to $33.11

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $21 · 10th to 90th $13 to $288Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $13 to $16
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $21professional $14

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
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$72.44
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$87.10
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$19.05
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.80
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$20.89
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$25.12
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$79.43
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$354.81
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$15.85
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$107.15
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
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
HM · Below bachelor's level
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$16.22
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 Oregon 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.

Oregon· 43rd of 51

$13.80

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.