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Annual Alcohol Misuse Screening

Iowa 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?

$21.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $21.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $21.38 from a physician practice, and about $28.18 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$21.38$13.18 to $28.18
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$28.18$18.20 to $56.23

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $17 to $89Professionalmedian $21 · 10th to 90th $10 to $45
$10$20$50$100facility $28professional $21

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
$9.55
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$18.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$20.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$28.18
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.41
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$44.67
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$74.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$117.49
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.18
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$44.67
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$40.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$117.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$40.74
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$25.70
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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$9.12

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 4th of 51

$21.88

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.