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Alcohol Misuse Behavioral Counseling, Brief

North Carolina 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?

$25.70

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $25.70 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $25.70 from a physician practice, and about $25.70 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 7 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$25.70$22.91 to $31.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.70$22.91 to $30.90

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $20 to $40Professionalmedian $26 · 10th to 90th $20 to $39
$20$50facility $26professional $26

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
$22.91
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$30.20
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$57.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$39.81
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$38.90
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$52.48
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 7th of 51

$25.70

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.