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Tobacco Cessation Counseling, Intensive Visit

North Carolina 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?

$34.67

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $34.67 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $34.67 from a physician practice, and about $30.90 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 8 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$34.67$26.92 to $47.86
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$30.90$26.30 to $40.74

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $31 · 10th to 90th $23 to $63Professionalmedian $35 · 10th to 90th $23 to $63
$20.0$50.0$100.0$200.0facility $31professional $35

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
$25.12
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$50.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$95.50
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$45.71
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$48.98
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$30.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$57.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$52.48
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$48.98
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$72.44
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$41.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$48.98
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$295.12
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$346.74

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina $34.67 · 4th 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.