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Extended Substance Use Screening And Counseling

North Carolina 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?

$64.57

Typical physician fee. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $64.57 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $52.48 to $77.62.

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 $65 · 10th to 90th $58 to $78Professionalmedian $65 · 10th to 90th $48 to $85
$50$100facility $65professional $65

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
$57.54
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$77.62
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$102.33
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$134.90
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$89.13
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$64.57
Typical High
$77.62
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$74.13
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$63.10
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$66.07
4 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
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
HO · Master's level
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$60.26
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TD · Registered nurse
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$69.18
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$37.15

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 18th of 51

$64.57

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.