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Annual Alcohol Misuse Screening

Louisiana 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?

$13.49

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.49 from a physician practice, and about $19.95 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$13.49$7.76 to $16.60
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.95$19.95 to $50.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $20 to $68Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $7 to $18
$10$20$50$100facility $20professional $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
$6.61
Median
$7.41
Typical High
$13.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$15.85
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$6.76
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$7.76
Typical High
$20.89
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$79.43
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$17.38
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$19.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$104.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$20.89
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
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$18.62

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 51st of 51

$13.49

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.