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Alcohol Misuse Behavioral Counseling, Brief

Massachusetts rates for HCPCS G0443

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

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Alcohol Misuse Behavioral Counseling, Brief cost?

$26.92

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26.92 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $26.92 from a physician practice, and about $30.90 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 8 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$26.92$22.91 to $42.66
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$30.90$23.44 to $38.90

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $31 · 10th to 90th $21 to $45Professionalmedian $27 · 10th to 90th $19 to $71
$20$50$100facility $31professional $27

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
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$30.90
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$44.67
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$43.65
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$47.86
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$50.12
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$83.18
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$177.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$95.50

Where Massachusetts sits

The same service costs 1.7 times more in Minnesota 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.

Massachusetts· 4th of 51

$26.92

MN $36.31NM $21.88

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.