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Behavioral Counseling for Obesity

Louisiana 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?

$19.95

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.95 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.05 from a physician practice, and about $36.31 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$19.05$17.78 to $25.70
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$36.31$36.31 to $145

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $36 · 10th to 90th $36 to $191Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $16 to $32
$20$50$100$200facility $36professional $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
$16.22
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.22
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$10.23
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$33.88
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$208.93
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$33.88
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$27.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$42.66

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 50th of 51

$19.95

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.