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MDPP First Core Session

Minnesota 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?

$41.69

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $41.69 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $41.69 from a physician practice, and about $27.54 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$41.69$25.70 to $46.77
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$27.54$27.54 to $107

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $28 · 10th to 90th $25 to $162Professionalmedian $42 · 10th to 90th $22 to $55
$20$50$100$200facility $28professional $42

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
$27.54
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$27.54
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$138.04
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$53.70
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$295.12
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$41.69
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$79.43
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$151.36
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$81.28
8 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
$13.80
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$13.80
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$5.50
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$5.50
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$4.07
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$2.75
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$2.75
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$13.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.37
Median
$5.50
Typical High
$5.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$3.31
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$4.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$2.19
Median
$2.75
Typical High
$2.75

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 4th of 51

$41.69

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.