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Behavior Therapy Session With A Trained Technician

Vermont 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?

$18.20

Typical physician fee. In Vermont, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.20 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $18.20 to $19.05.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $15 to $37
$20$50professional $18

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
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
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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$18.20
BCBS Vermont
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$17.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
MVP Health Care
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$19.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$70.79

Where Vermont 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.

Vermont· 17th of 51

$18.20

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.