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MDPP First Core Session

Massachusetts 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?

$38.90

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $38.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $38.90 from a physician practice, and about $38.90 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$38.90$25.70 to $77.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$38.90$33.11 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $39 · 10th to 90th $33 to $3,802Professionalmedian $39 · 10th to 90th $21 to $151
$20$100$500$2Kfacility $39professional $39

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
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$23.99
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$28.84
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$19.50
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$2,951.21
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$38.90
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$72.44
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$28.84
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$87.10
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$4,897.79
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$3,388.44
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
$10.72
Typical High
$11.75
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.27
Median
$4.27
Typical High
$4.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$3.24
Median
$3.24
Typical High
$3.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$2.14
Median
$2.14
Typical High
$2.40

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 6th of 51

$38.90

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.