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Extended Substance Use Screening And Counseling

Kansas 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?

$56.23

Typical physician fee. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $56.23 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $47.86 to $66.07.

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 $85 · 10th to 90th $56 to $95Professionalmedian $56 · 10th to 90th $48 to $69
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $85professional $56

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
$47.86
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$66.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$66.07
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$48.98
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$95.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$131.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$95.50
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$67.61

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 37th of 51

$56.23

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.