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High-Intensity Behavioral Counseling to Prevent STIs

Iowa rates for HCPCS G0445

High intensity behavioral counseling to prevent sexually transmitted infection; face-to-face, individual, includes: education, skills training and guidance on how to change sexual behavior; performed semi-annually, 30 minutes

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does High-Intensity Behavioral Counseling to Prevent STIs cost?

$25.12

Typical physician fee. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $25.12 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $21.38 to $30.20.

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.

How much rates vary

Professionalmedian $25 · 10th to 90th $18 to $36
$20$50$100professional $25

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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$30.90
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$52.48
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$79.43
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$169.82
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$75.86
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$48.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$70.79
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$46.77

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 1.7 times more in Minnesota than in Louisiana. 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.

Iowa· 14th of 51

$25.12

MN $37.15LA $22.39

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.