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Extended Preventive Counseling Visit (About An Hour)

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 99404

A one-on-one counseling visit focused on preventive health, such as reducing risk factors for future illness or supporting healthier habits, lasting roughly an hour. It is a separate visit from a routine checkup, focused specifically on counseling rather than treating an existing illness.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Extended Preventive Counseling Visit (About An Hour) cost?

$200

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $200 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $200 from a physician practice, and about $151 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 6 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$200$123 to $269
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$151$102 to $263

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $151 · 10th to 90th $89 to $457Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $93 to $316
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $151professional $200

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
$95.50
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$141.25
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$398.11
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$851.14
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$380.19
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$263.03
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$707.95
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$316.23

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 2.1 times more in Minnesota than in Maryland. 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.

Minnesota· 1st of 51

$200

MN $200MD $95.50

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.