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Behavioral Counseling for Obesity

Minnesota 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?

$36.31

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $36.31 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $36.31 from a physician practice, and about $37.15 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$36.31$33.11 to $41.69
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$37.15$33.88 to $123

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $37 · 10th to 90th $34 to $251Professionalmedian $36 · 10th to 90th $33 to $49
$50$100$200facility $37professional $36

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
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$18.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$18.62
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$354.81
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$70.79
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$45.71
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$251.19
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$36.31
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$74.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$35.48
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$165.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$91.20

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 9th of 51

$36.31

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.