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MDPP First Core Session

Texas 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?

$21.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Texas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $21.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $21.88 from a physician practice, and about $25.70 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$21.88$19.50 to $151
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$25.70$22.39 to $33.11

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $26 · 10th to 90th $19 to $39Professionalmedian $22 · 10th to 90th $19 to $200
$20$50$100$200facility $26professional $22

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
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$30.20
BCBS Texas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$25.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$19.50
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$36.31
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$30.20
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$47.86
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$19.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$37.15
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$11.22
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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$15.14
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$6.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$4.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$3.02
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$9.55
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$15.14
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$3.89
Median
$5.13
Typical High
$6.03
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$2.88
Median
$3.80
Typical High
$4.57
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$1.95
Median
$2.57
Typical High
$3.02

Where Texas 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.

Texas· 44th of 51

$21.88

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.