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Behavioral Counseling for Obesity, Group

Massachusetts 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?

$11.48

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $11.48 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $11.22 from a physician practice, and about $14.79 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$11.22$10.72 to $13.80
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14.79$11.48 to $79.43

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $11 to $148Professionalmedian $11 · 10th to 90th $9 to $28
$10$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $15professional $11

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
$10.72
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$11.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$11.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$5.25
Median
$5.62
Typical High
$5.62
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$79.43
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$79.43
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$15.85
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$21.38
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$19.50
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$19.95
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$79.43
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$52.48
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$147.91
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$46.77
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$19.95
5 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
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TD · Registered nurse
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.88
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
HO · Master's level
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$11.48
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
SA · Nurse practitioner
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.88
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TD · Registered nurse
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.88
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
U6 · State-defined
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$15.14

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 27th of 51

$11.48

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.