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Behavioral Counseling for Obesity

Georgia rates for HCPCS G0447

Face-to-face behavioral counseling for obesity, 15 minutes

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Behavioral Counseling for Obesity cost?

$20.89

Typical physician fee. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $20.89 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $17.38 to $26.30.

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

Facilitymedian $22 · 10th to 90th $21 to $23Professionalmedian $21 · 10th to 90th $15 to $30
$20$50facility $22professional $21

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
$20.89
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$12.59
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$47.86
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$30.20
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$33.11
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$34.67
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$69.18
2 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
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$63.10
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
EP · Child screening program
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$36.31

Where Georgia sits

The same service costs 2.7 times more in North Dakota than in Kentucky. 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.

Georgia· 49th of 51

$20.89

ND $52.48KY $19.50

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.