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Annual Alcohol Misuse Screening

Minnesota 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?

$19.95

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.95 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.95 from a physician practice, and about $20.42 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$19.95$11.75 to $26.30
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20.42$14.45 to $64.57

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $10 to $129Professionalmedian $20 · 10th to 90th $10 to $41
$10$20$50$100$200facility $20professional $20

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
$10.23
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$20.42
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$218.78
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$43.65
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$25.12
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$141.25
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$19.95
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$41.69
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$117.49
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$134.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$46.77
2 more rates 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$4.90
Median
$5.75
Typical High
$10.23

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 5th of 51

$19.95

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.