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Annual Alcohol Misuse Screening

Colorado rates for HCPCS G0442

Annual alcohol misuse screening, 5 to 15 minutes

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Annual Alcohol Misuse Screening cost?

$17.78

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.78 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $17.78 from a physician practice, and about $19.05 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$17.78$12.02 to $23.99
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.05$11.48 to $25.70

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $10 to $36Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $10 to $32
$10$20$50$100facility $19professional $18

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
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$4.68
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$10.00
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$36.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$32.36
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$33.11
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$40.74
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$19.50
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$28.18
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
HO · Master's level
Typical Low
$6.03
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$18.62

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in Alaska 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.

Colorado· 11th of 51

$17.78

AK $30.90LA $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.