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Annual Alcohol Misuse Screening

Louisiana rates for HCPCS G0442

Annual alcohol misuse screening, 5 to 15 minutes

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Annual Alcohol Misuse Screening cost?

$12.59

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.59 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $12.59 from a physician practice, and about $12.02 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$12.59$8.51 to $17.38
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$12.02$6.61 to $19.95

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12 · 10th to 90th $7 to $20Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $7 to $21
$10$20$50$100facility $12professional $13

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
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.61
Median
$6.61
Typical High
$12.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6.92
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$20.89
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$19.95
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$30.90
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$15.49
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$19.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$19.05
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7.94
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$24.55

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 1.9 times more in Minnesota than in Delaware. 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· 49th of 51

$12.59

MN $22.39DE $12.02

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.