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Behavioral Counseling for Obesity

Kentucky 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?

$19.50

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.50 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$19.50$16.60 to $25.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$28.84$28.18 to $30.90

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $29 · 10th to 90th $22 to $37Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $16 to $31
$20$50facility $29professional $19

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
$21.88
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$15.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$15.49
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$27.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$23.99
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$44.67
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$40.74
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$165.96
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$45.71
1 more rate 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
$27.54
Typical High
$34.67

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 51st of 51

$19.50

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.