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Behavioral Counseling for Obesity, Group

North Carolina 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?

$16.22

Typical physician fee. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.22 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $12.02 to $16.98.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $9 to $10Professionalmedian $16 · 10th to 90th $9 to $25
$10$20facility $10professional $16

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
$9.12
Median
$9.12
Typical High
$10.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$10.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$4.57
Median
$4.90
Typical High
$5.01
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$26.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$17.78
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$11.75
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$8.51
Typical High
$12.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$29.51
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
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$6.03

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 9th of 51

$16.22

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.