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Speech-Language Pathology in Home Health or Hospice

California rates for HCPCS G0153

Services performed by a qualified speech-language pathologist in the home health or hospice setting, each 15 minutes

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Speech-Language Pathology in Home Health or Hospice cost?

$15.14

Typical negotiated rate. In California, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.14 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.59 from a physician practice, and about $25.70 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$12.59$11.22 to $22.39
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.70$11.48 to $30.90

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $8 to $115Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $9 to $23
$10$20$50$100facility $26professional $13

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
$7.94
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$7.94
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$24.55
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$114.82
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$24.55
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$12.59
Central California Alliance for Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$19.50
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$151.36
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$7.94
Typical High
$24.55
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44
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
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
RR · Rental
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$891.25

Where California sits

The same service costs 6025.6 times more in Oklahoma than in Louisiana. 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.

California· 43rd of 50

$15.14

OK $182LA $0.03

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.