HCPCS G0023

Principal illness navigation services by certified or trained auxiliary personnel under the direction of a physician or other practitioner, including a patient navigator; 60 minutes per calendar month, in the following activities: person-centered assessment, performed to better understand the individual context of the serious, high-risk condition. ++ conducting a person-centered assessment to understand the patient's life story, strengths, needs, goals, preferences, and desired outcomes, including understanding cultural and linguistic factors and including unmet sdoh needs (that are not separately billed). ++ facilitating patient-driven goal setting and establishing an action plan. ++ providing tailored support as needed to accomplish the practitioner's treatment plan. identifying or referring patient (and caregiver or family, if applicable) to appropriate supportive services. practitioner, home, and community-based care coordination. ++ coordinating receipt of needed services from healthcare practitioners, providers, and facilities; home- and community-based service providers; and caregiver (if applicable). ++ communication with practitioners, home-, and community-based service providers, hospitals, and skilled nursing facilities (or other health care facilities) regarding the patient's psychosocial strengths and needs, functional deficits, goals, preferences, and desired outcomes, including cultural and linguistic factors. ++ coordination of care transitions between and among health care practitioners and settings, including transitions involving referral to other clinicians; follow-up after an emergency department visit; or follow-up after discharges from hospitals, skilled nursing facilities or other health care facilities. ++ facilitating access to community-based social services (e.g., housing, utilities, transportation, food assistance) as needed to address sdoh need(s). health education- helping the patient contextualize health education provided by the patient's treatment team with the patient's individual needs, goals, preferences, and sdoh need(s), and educating the patient (and caregiver if applicable) on how to best participate in medical decision-making. building patient self-advocacy skills, so that the patient can interact with members of the health care team and related community-based services (as needed), in ways that are more likely to promote personalized and effective treatment of their condition. health care access / health system navigation. ++ helping the patient access healthcare, including identifying appropriate practitioners or providers for clinical care, and helping secure appointments with them. ++ providing the patient with information/resources to consider participation in clinical trials or clinical research as applicable. facilitating behavioral change as necessary for meeting diagnosis and treatment goals, including promoting patient motivation to participate in care and reach person-centered diagnosis or treatment goals. facilitating and providing social and emotional support to help the patient cope with the condition, sdoh need(s), and adjust daily routines to better meet diagnosis and treatment goals. leverage knowledge of the serious, high-risk condition and/or lived experience when applicable to provide support, mentorship, or inspiration to meet treatment goals

Current code30 hospitals with prices

Description from CMS's HCPCS Level II code file.

What Washington hospitals publish for this code

Medicaid managed care: Rate for an Apple Health managed-care plan. Applies only to members of that plan.

Prices for HCPCS G0023 by hospital
HospitalMedicaid managed care rates (lowest – highest)Cash priceList price (before discounts)
Capital Medical CenterOlympiaFile dated 2026-08-27———
Deaconess Medical CenterSpokaneFile dated 2026-08-27———
Harborview Medical CenterSeattleFile dated 2026-04-01—$178$255
Island HospitalAnacortes$73.05 – $79.253 plans——
Kadlec Regional Medical CenterRichlandFile dated 2026-04-01———
Legacy Salmon Creek Medical CenterVancouverFile dated 2026-04-01—$141$217
Mary Bridge Children's HospitalTacomaFile dated 2026-08-27———
MultiCare Auburn Medical CenterAuburnFile dated 2026-08-27———
MultiCare Covington Medical CenterCovingtonFile dated 2026-08-27———
MultiCare Good Samaritan HospitalPuyallupFile dated 2026-08-27———
MultiCare Valley HospitalSpokane ValleyFile dated 2026-08-27———
Olympic Medical CenterPort AngelesFile dated 2026-06-24$90.49 – $99.115 plans——
Overlake Hospital Medical Center & ClinicsBellevueFile dated 2026-04-01———
Prov Sacred HRT Med Ctr & Childs Hosp.SpokaneFile dated 2026-04-01———
Providence Centralia HospitalCentraliaFile dated 2026-04-01———
Providence Holy Family HospitalSpokaneFile dated 2026-04-01———
Providence Regional Medical Center EverettEverettFile dated 2026-04-01———
Providence St Mary Medical CenterWalla WallaFile dated 2026-04-01———
Providence St Peter HospitalOlympiaFile dated 2026-04-01———
Skagit Valley HospitalMount Vernon—$77.60$97.00
Swedish Edmonds HospitalEdmondsFile dated 2026-04-01———
Swedish IssaquahIssaquahFile dated 2026-04-01———
Swedish Medical CenterSeattleFile dated 2026-04-01———
Swedish Medical Center / Cherry HillSeattleFile dated 2026-04-01———
Tacoma General Allenmore HospitalTacomaFile dated 2026-08-27———
University of Washington Medical CtrSeattleFile dated 2026-04-01—$149$213
Virginia Mason Medical CenterSeattle———
Wellfound Behavioral Health HospitalTacomaFile dated 2026-08-27———
WhidbeyHealth Medical CenterCoupeville—$85.00$85.00
Yakima Valley MemorialYakimaFile dated 2026-08-27—$124$311

Lowest and highest amounts each hospital lists for this code as an outpatient, including lines it lists for both settings or without saying which. A doctor’s fee is shown separately when the hospital lists one with the code. “At least” means plans were counted in more than one group and some may be the same plan. This is one line of a bill; most care brings several.

Medicare (traditional) reference

Only for people on original Medicare. These are CMS’s 2026 amounts. They aren’t what private insurance or cash patients pay.

Doctor's fee, Seattle (King County)
$100 in an office; $47.64 in a hospital or surgery center
Doctor's fee, rest of Washington
$89.78 in an office; $44.76 in a hospital or surgery center
Hospital outpatient payment (national)
$104 (APC 5822)