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Alcohol Misuse Behavioral Counseling, Brief

Tennessee 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?

$23.44

Typical negotiated rate. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23.44 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $23.44 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 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$20.89 to $26.30
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.70$22.91 to $43.65

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $15 to $60Professionalmedian $23 · 10th to 90th $17 to $31
$20$50$100facility $26professional $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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$28.84
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$33.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$43.65
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$35.48
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$72.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$48.98

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 45th of 51

$23.44

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.