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Behavioral Counseling for Obesity, Group

Iowa 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?

$15.49

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.49 from a physician practice, and about $25.12 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$15.49$15.14 to $19.05
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.12$16.22 to $60.26

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $25 · 10th to 90th $13 to $91Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $9 to $20
$10$20$50$100facility $25professional $15

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
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$8.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$8.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$4.47
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$19.05
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$10.47
Typical High
$30.20
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$72.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$79.43
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$19.05
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$31.62
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$28.18
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$117.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$33.88
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$19.50

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 11th of 51

$15.49

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.