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Behavior Therapy Session With A Trained Technician

Tennessee 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 Tennessee, 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 7 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$11.75 to $50.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $14 · 10th to 90th $12 to $158Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $12 to $26
$10$20$50$100facility $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
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$18.20
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$25.70
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$66.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$48.98
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Optum
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$16.60
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$69.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$66.07

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 50th 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.