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High-Intensity Behavioral Counseling to Prevent STIs

North Carolina 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?

$26.30

Typical physician fee. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $26.30 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $22.39 to $32.36.

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 $26 · 10th to 90th $20 to $42
$20$50professional $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
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$30.90
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$64.57
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$31.62
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$40.74
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$23.44
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$52.48
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 5th of 51

$26.30

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.