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Extended Substance Use Screening And Counseling

Massachusetts 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?

$61.66

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $61.66 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $61.66 from a physician practice, and about $75.86 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$61.66$57.54 to $75.86
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$75.86$61.66 to $117

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $76 · 10th to 90th $41 to $182Professionalmedian $62 · 10th to 90th $50 to $100
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $76professional $62

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
$63.10
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$85.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$100.00
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$181.97
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$1,122.02
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$213.80
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$144.54
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$89.13
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$109.65
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$83.18
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$181.97
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$83.18
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$114.82
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$60.26
2 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
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
SA · Nurse practitioner
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$81.28
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
U6 · State-defined
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$81.28

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 23rd of 51

$61.66

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.