HCPCS code G0447: Obesity counseling, face-to-face, 15 minutes2026 Medicare rate & RVUs in Connecticut

In Connecticut, Medicare pays $35.73 for G0447 in the office and $27.45 when it’s performed in a hospital or facility.

Check a contract rate as a % of Medicare · G0447 nationwide

Medicare allowed amount for participating (non-QP) physicians, before deductible, coinsurance and claim adjustments. Not a patient’s bill or a hospital charge.

What G0447 covers

G0447 represents individual, face-to-face behavioral counseling focused on weight loss for a patient with a body mass index of 30 or higher. In primary care, a physician or other qualified practitioner typically assesses eating and activity habits, discusses practical changes to nutrition and physical activity, sets weight-loss goals, and monitors progress. The service is distinct from simply recording a patient’s weight or giving brief advice during another visit.

Report the code when the documented encounter includes the obesity-focused counseling, not just routine evaluation of weight or obesity-related conditions. Record the face-to-face counseling time, relevant behavior assessment, goals, and plan. CMS assigns work, practice-expense, and malpractice relative value units to G0447, with different practice-expense inputs for office and facility settings.

This summary was written with AI assistance from CMS physician fee schedule data and checked against the CMS billing rules shown here. Rates on this page come directly from CMS files.

How Connecticut compares for G0447

Across 109 of 109 payment localities, the office rate for G0447 runs from $31.63 in Arkansas to $44.31 in Alaska. Connecticut pays $35.73. The RVUs are the same everywhere; the geographic indexes change the dollars.

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G0447 rates by state

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How the G0447 rate is calculated

Each of G0447’s three RVUs is multiplied by a geographic index (GPCI) for the payment locality, added up, and multiplied by the conversion factor. Drag the indexes or enter a ZIP to see what moves the rate.

Payment rules and modifiers for G0447

G0447 has no global surgery period, no multiple-procedure, bilateral or assistant-at-surgery adjustment, and no professional/technical split. What changes the payment is where the service happens: the place of service on the claim decides whether Medicare pays the office or the facility rate.

Codes related to G0447

Related codes aren’t interchangeable: bill the code that matches the service performed.

How G0447 has changed in Connecticut

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Where the Connecticut rate applies

Connecticut is a Medicare payment area, not a city. Our Census mapping connects it to 215 cities and communities in Connecticut. Some span more than one payment area; confirm with the service ZIP.

• Ansonia
• Ball Pond
• Baltic
• Bantam
• Bethel
• Bethlehem Village
• Bigelow Corners
• Blue Hills

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Where these rates come from

FeeBase calculates base physician payments from CMS work, practice-expense and malpractice RVUs, adjusted by each locality’s geographic indexes and the conversion factor. Services without a published rate are labeled, never given a made-up amount. Amounts are Medicare allowed amounts before claim adjustments: not a patient’s bill or a commercial rate.

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