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MDPP First Core Session

Colorado rates for HCPCS G9873

First Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program (MDPP) core session was attended by an MDPP beneficiary under the MDPP Expanded Model (EM). A core session is an MDPP service that: (1) is furnished by an MDPP supplier during months 1 through 6 of the MDPP services period; (2) is approximately 1 hour in length; and (3) adheres to a CDC-approved DPP curriculum for core sessions

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does MDPP First Core Session cost?

$30.20

Typical physician fee. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $30.20 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $26.92 to $38.02.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $31 · 10th to 90th $24 to $50Professionalmedian $30 · 10th to 90th $19 to $47
$20$50facility $31professional $30

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
$26.92
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$28.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$48.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$19.50
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$50.12
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$346.74
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$45.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$45.71
4 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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$14.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$5.37
Typical High
$5.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.98
Typical High
$4.17
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.69
Typical High
$2.82

Where Colorado sits

The same service costs 2.7 times more in Alaska than in Connecticut. 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· 17th of 51

$30.20

AK $51.29CT $19.05

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.