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Alcohol Misuse Behavioral Counseling, Brief

Arkansas rates for HCPCS G0443

Brief face-to-face behavioral counseling for alcohol misuse, 15 minutes

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Alcohol Misuse Behavioral Counseling, Brief cost?

$24.55

Typical negotiated rate. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $24.55 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $24.55 from a physician practice, and about $72.44 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$24.55$22.39 to $26.92
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$72.44$72.44 to $97.72

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $72 · 10th to 90th $72 to $105Professionalmedian $25 · 10th to 90th $20 to $30
$20$50$100$200facility $72professional $25

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
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$12.30
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$102.33
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$58.88
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
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$27.54

Where Arkansas sits

The same service costs 2.8 times more in North Dakota than in New Mexico. 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.

Arkansas· 36th of 51

$24.55

ND $50.12NM $18.20

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.