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Behavioral Counseling for Obesity

Michigan 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?

$29.51

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $29.51 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $29.51 from a physician practice, and about $51.29 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$29.51$25.70 to $33.11
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$51.29$32.36 to $75.86

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $51 · 10th to 90th $27 to $117Professionalmedian $30 · 10th to 90th $23 to $41
$20$50$100$200facility $51professional $30

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
$28.84
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$16.22
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$117.49
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$40.74
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$42.66
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$35.48
Typical High
$45.71
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$74.13
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$29.51
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$12.88
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$40.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$281.84
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$33.11
3 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
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TG · Complex care level
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$446.68
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$33.11
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
XU · Unusual separate service
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81

Where Michigan 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.

Michigan· 17th of 51

$29.51

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.