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Extended Preventive Counseling Visit

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 99403

A clinician spends a substantial one-on-one session, roughly 45 minutes, counseling a patient on ways to reduce personal health risks, for example around diet, exercise, or other lifestyle factors, separate from a routine checkup. It is handled as its own visit rather than folded into another type of appointment. This length of session allows more in-depth discussion than a brief counseling conversation.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Extended Preventive Counseling Visit cost?

$132

Typical physician fee. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $132 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $107 to $170.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $85 · 10th to 90th $72 to $115Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $83 to $195
$100$200facility $85professional $132

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
$72.44
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$87.10
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$154.88
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$204.17
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$144.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$162.18
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$102.33
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$109.65
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$131.83
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
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$42.66
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$12.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$7.24
Typical High
$8.51
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$54.95

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 2.9 times more in Alaska than in Florida. 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.

North Carolina· 5th of 51

$132

AK $186FL $64.57

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.