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Alcohol Misuse Behavioral Counseling, Brief

Montana 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?

$23.99

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23.99 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $23.44 from a physician practice, and about $35.48 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 6 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$23.44$21.38 to $26.92
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$35.48$25.12 to $42.66

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $21 to $46Professionalmedian $23 · 10th to 90th $17 to $36
$20$50$100$200facility $35professional $23

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$30.90
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$42.66
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$47.86
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$47.86
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$41.69
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$47.86

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 20th of 51

$23.99

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.