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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 July 2026.

How much does MDPP First Core Session cost?

$25.12

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $25.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $25.12 from a physician practice, and about $44.67 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$25.12$23.99 to $25.12
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$44.67$31.62 to $123

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $45 · 10th to 90th $25 to $245Professionalmedian $25 · 10th to 90th $20 to $42
$20$50$100$200facility $45professional $25

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$38.90
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$245.47
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$25.12
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$53.70
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$295.12
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$44.67
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$70.79
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$131.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$69.18

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 1.7 times more in South Dakota than in Louisiana. 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· 43rd of 51

$25.12

SD $38.02LA $22.39

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.