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Behavioral Counseling for Obesity, Group

North Dakota 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?

$19.50

Typical physician fee. In North Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.50 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $15.14 to $22.39.

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 $9 · 10th to 90th $8 to $15Professionalmedian $19 · 10th to 90th $10 to $26
$10$20facility $9professional $19

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
$8.91
Typical High
$8.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$10.23
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$29.51
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$3.55
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$5.89
BCBS North Dakota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$1.78
Median
$2.24
Typical High
$2.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$16.98
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$24.55
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$79.43
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$20.89
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
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$4.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.47
Typical High
$5.13

Where North Dakota 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 Dakota· 4th of 51

$19.50

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.