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Tobacco Use Counseling, 3 to 10 Minutes

California rates for HCPCS G0436

Tobacco-use counsel 3-10 min

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Tobacco Use Counseling, 3 to 10 Minutes cost?

$57.54

Typical physician fee. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $57.54 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $47.86 to $89.13.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $89 · 10th to 90th $89 to $89Professionalmedian $48 · 10th to 90th $16 to $398
$20$50$100$200$500facility $89professional $48

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$19.05
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$831.76
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$57.54
Optum
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$70.79

Where California sits

The same service costs 6.6 times more in Texas than in Florida. 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· 4th of 49

$57.54

TX $89.13FL $13.49

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.