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Group Behavior Therapy, Technician-Led

Massachusetts 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?

$14.45

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.45 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $14.13 from a physician practice, and about $58.88 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 11 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$14.13$12.02 to $18.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$58.88$40.74 to $91.20

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $59 · 10th to 90th $7 to $3,467Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $12 to $35
$10$100$1Kfacility $59professional $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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$18.20
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$100.00
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$44.67
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
HM · Below bachelor's level
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$11.22
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
HN · Bachelor's level
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$12.59
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
HO · Master's level
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
HP · Doctoral level
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$79.43
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$11.75
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$15.49
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$5,888.44
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$13.80
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$19.50
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
HM · Below bachelor's level
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$11.22
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
HN · Bachelor's level
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$12.59
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
HO · Master's level
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
HP · Doctoral level
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$100.00
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$44.67
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
HM · Below bachelor's level
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$11.22
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
HN · Bachelor's level
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$12.59
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
HO · Master's level
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
HP · Doctoral level
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79
Tufts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$13.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$147.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$7.59
Typical High
$19.05
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
HM · Below bachelor's level
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$11.22
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
HN · Bachelor's level
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$12.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
HO · Master's level
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
HP · Doctoral level
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$4,897.79
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,019.95
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
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TL · Early intervention
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$13.80

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 11th of 51

$14.45

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.