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Annual Alcohol Misuse Screening

North Carolina 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?

$17.38

Typical physician fee. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.38 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $11.75 to $26.30.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $12 · 10th to 90th $9 to $18Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $8 to $39
$10$20$50facility $12professional $17

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$18.62
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.50
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7.76
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$15.14
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$20.89
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$17.38
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$40.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$23.99
7 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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$9.12
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$6.17
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$8.71
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$2.45
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$3.47
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$2.45
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$2.45
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$1.74
Median
$2.45
Typical High
$2.45

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 15th of 51

$17.38

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.