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Behavioral Counseling for Obesity

Tennessee 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 physician fee. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $23.99 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $21.88 to $27.54.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $23 to $35Professionalmedian $24 · 10th to 90th $21 to $55
$20$50$100$200facility $26professional $24

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$8.71
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$13.80
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$25.70
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$27.54
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$51.29
2 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
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
59 · Distinct service
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$33.88
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
XU · Unusual separate service
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$32.36

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 43rd 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.