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Extended Substance Use Screening And Counseling

Illinois rates for HCPCS 99409

This is a structured screening for alcohol or drug use paired with a brief counseling conversation about the results, lasting more than thirty minutes. A clinician or trained staff member uses a standardized questionnaire to assess use patterns and then discusses next steps with the patient. The longer time reflects a more in-depth conversation than a brief check-in.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Extended Substance Use Screening And Counseling cost?

$52.48

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $52.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $52.48 from a physician practice, and about $61.66 from a hospital or other facility.

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.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$52.48$46.77 to $61.66
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$61.66$50.12 to $191

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $62 · 10th to 90th $44 to $661Professionalmedian $52 · 10th to 90th $44 to $69
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $62professional $52

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
$43.65
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$63.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$61.66
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$1,122.02
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$109.65
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$72.44
1 more rate 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
U1 · State-defined
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$56.23

Where Illinois sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in Alaska than in Arizona. 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.

Illinois· 46th of 51

$52.48

AK $110AZ $46.77

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.