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Alcohol Misuse Behavioral Counseling, Brief

Maryland 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?

$23.99

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23.99 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $15.14 to $27.54.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $24 · 10th to 90th $14 to $28
$20$50professional $24

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
$13.80
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$6.76
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$13.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$41.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$57.54
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$54.95

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 43rd of 51

$23.99

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.