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Behavioral Counseling for Obesity, Group

Colorado rates for HCPCS G0473

Face-to-face behavioral counseling for obesity, group (2-10), 30 minutes

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Behavioral Counseling for Obesity, Group cost?

$9.33

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9.33 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $9.33 from a physician practice, and about $9.33 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$9.33$8.51 to $9.33
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$9.33$8.51 to $13.18

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $9 · 10th to 90th $9 to $24Professionalmedian $9 · 10th to 90th $9 to $13
$10$20$50$100facility $9professional $9

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
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$9.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$9.77
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.68
Typical High
$4.79
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$16.22
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$19.50
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$15.49
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$22.91
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$27.54
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$31.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$25.70
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
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
HN · Bachelor's level
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$12.88
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
HO · Master's level
Typical Low
$7.59
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$12.88

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 6.3 times more in Alaska than in Arizona. 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.

Colorado· 46th of 51

$9.33

AK $52.48AZ $8.32

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.