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MDPP First Core Session

Wisconsin 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 negotiated rate. In Wisconsin, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $30.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $30.20 from a physician practice, and about $36.31 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$30.20$20.42 to $52.48
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$36.31$20.42 to $115

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $36 · 10th to 90th $20 to $117Professionalmedian $30 · 10th to 90th $19 to $98
$20$50$100$200facility $36professional $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
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$27.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$75.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$52.48
DeanCare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$48.98
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$48.98
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$151.36
Network Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$57.54
Prevea360
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$22.91
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$48.98
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$60.26
Quartz
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$19.50
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$24.55
Median
$38.02
Typical High
$93.33
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
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$13.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$4.07
Median
$4.07
Typical High
$5.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$3.02
Median
$3.02
Typical High
$4.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.04
Typical High
$2.75

Where Wisconsin 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.

Wisconsin· 18th 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.