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Extended Substance Use Screening And Counseling

Maryland 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?

$54.95

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $54.95 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $52.48 to $61.66.

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 $60 · 10th to 90th $54 to $68Professionalmedian $55 · 10th to 90th $47 to $63
$50$100facility $60professional $55

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
$53.70
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$67.61
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$64.57
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$61.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$123.03
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$81.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$74.13
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$107.15
6 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
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AF · Specialist physician
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
HO · Master's level
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TD · Registered nurse
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AF · Specialist physician
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
HO · Master's level
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$51.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TD · Registered nurse
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$58.88

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 45th of 51

$54.95

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.