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Behavioral Counseling for Obesity

New Jersey 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?

$23.99

Typical negotiated rate. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23.99 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $23.99 from a physician practice, and about $27.54 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$23.99$21.88 to $27.54
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$27.54$25.12 to $263

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $24 to $427Professionalmedian $24 · 10th to 90th $22 to $29
$20$50$100$200$500facility $28professional $24

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
$23.99
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$13.80
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$38.90
AmeriHealth
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$69.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$27.54
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$58.88
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$478.63
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$29.51
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$426.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$46.77
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
$36.31
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15

Where New Jersey 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.

New Jersey· 44th of 51

$23.99

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.