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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 October 2026.

How much does Tobacco Cessation Counseling, Intensive Visit cost?

$43.65

Typical physician fee. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $43.65 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $31.62 to $52.48.

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 $28 · 10th to 90th $25 to $36Professionalmedian $44 · 10th to 90th $25 to $62
$20$50facility $28professional $44

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$30.90
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$45.71
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$61.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$48.98
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$52.48
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$33.11
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$28.18
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$30.20
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$41.69
7 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
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$27.54
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
33 · Preventive service
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$14.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$5.62
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$3.89
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$3.89
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$3.89

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 3.0 times more in Alaska than in New Jersey. 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

$43.65

AK $64.57NJ $21.88

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.