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Alcohol Misuse Behavioral Counseling, Brief

Virginia 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?

$25.12

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $25.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $25.12 from a physician practice, and about $28.84 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$25.12$23.44 to $27.54
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$28.84$24.55 to $45.71

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $29 · 10th to 90th $22 to $7,413Professionalmedian $25 · 10th to 90th $22 to $30
$20$100$500$2K$10Kfacility $29professional $25

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$14.45
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$29.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$45.71
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$42.66
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$25.70
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$10,232.93
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$47.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$467.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$48.98

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 33rd of 51

$25.12

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.