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Group Behavior Therapy, Technician-Led

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 97154

This is a structured therapy session where a trained technician works with more than one patient at the same time, guiding them through specific behavior-focused exercises following a plan set by a supervising clinician. It is commonly used as part of ongoing treatment for developmental or behavioral conditions such as autism, helping patients build skills like communication, social interaction, or self-regulation in a group setting. Sessions are tracked in 15-minute increments of technician time.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Group Behavior Therapy, Technician-Led cost?

$5.50

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $5.50 from a physician practice, and about $43.65 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$5.50$5.50 to $13.80
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$43.65$40.74 to $72.44

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $44 · 10th to 90th $39 to $105Professionalmedian $5 · 10th to 90th $5 to $14
$5$10$20$50$100$200facility $44professional $5

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$354.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$13.80
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$3.55
Typical High
$3.55
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$109.65
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$5.50
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TF · Intermediate care level
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$5.50
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TG · Complex care level
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$5.50
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$10.00
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$104.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3.80
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$7.76
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
HM · Below bachelor's level
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$9.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
HN · Bachelor's level
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$10.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
HO · Master's level
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$12.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
HP · Doctoral level
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$12.30

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 11.0 times more in Washington, DC than in Alabama. 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.

Louisiana· 43rd of 51

$5.50

DC $21.88AL $2.00

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.