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Tobacco Cessation Counseling, Intensive Visit

Maryland rates for HCPCS 99407

A healthcare provider spends more than ten minutes in a focused counseling session helping a patient quit smoking or other tobacco use. The visit covers strategies for quitting, coping with cravings, and may include a discussion of medications that can help. It is a longer, more in-depth session than a brief tobacco-cessation check-in.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Tobacco Cessation Counseling, Intensive Visit cost?

$25.12

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $25.12 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $21.88 to $28.84.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $23 · 10th to 90th $13 to $148Professionalmedian $25 · 10th to 90th $20 to $42
$100.0$1.0K$10.0K$100.0Kfacility $23professional $25

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
$12.59
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$104.71
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$48.98
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$43.65
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$26.30
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$50.12
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$41.69

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 2.1 times more in Minnesota than in Alabama. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Maryland $25.12 · 44th of 51
MN $50.12AL $23.99

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.