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Annual Alcohol Misuse Screening

Montana 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 Montana, 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 $16.22 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$17.78$14.13 to $30.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16.22$13.18 to $23.44

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $16 · 10th to 90th $9 to $32Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $10 to $30
$10$20$50facility $16professional $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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$20.89
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$14.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$30.20
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$32.36
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$31.62
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$14.13
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$31.62
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
$3.72
Median
$6.03
Typical High
$10.00

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 10th 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.