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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 October 2026.

How much does Alcohol Misuse Behavioral Counseling, Brief cost?

$26.30

Typical physician fee. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26.30 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $25.70 to $33.11.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $23 to $26Professionalmedian $26 · 10th to 90th $20 to $36
$20$50facility $26professional $26

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$25.70
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$36.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$36.31
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$30.20
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$24.55
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$61.66
6 more rates 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
$11.48
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.71
Typical High
$12.30
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$3.47
Median
$3.47
Typical High
$4.90
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$3.47
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$3.47
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$2.40
Median
$2.40
Typical High
$3.47

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 25th of 51

$26.30

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.