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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 October 2026.

How much does Alcohol Misuse Behavioral Counseling, Brief cost?

$35.48

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $35.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $35.48 from a physician practice, and about $42.66 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$35.48$35.48 to $39.81
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$42.66$33.11 to $52.48

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $43 · 10th to 90th $26 to $59Professionalmedian $35 · 10th to 90th $26 to $43
$50facility $43professional $35

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
$18.20
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$34.67
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$35.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$39.81
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$58.88
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$60.26
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$35.48
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$41.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$47.86
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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$17.38

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 10th of 51

$35.48

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.