G0239 Medicaid reimbursement rate by state (2026)

• Order. States are listed from the highest published rate to the lowest. No single unit is shared by 8 or more states for G0239, so the order is by published amount and is not a like-for-like rank.
• Medicaid rate. The most the state's fee-for-service program pays for one unit, as published. 8 of the 18 states list more than one rate for G0239, by modifier, provider type or setting; the table shows the one that matches the provider level and setting used across states, without add-ons.
• Unit. Of the 18 states, 1 publish G0239 per one time and 1 per unit, and 16 schedules print no unit at all (a flat amount per service).
• Per hour. G0239 is not billed in time units in these states, so no hourly figure is shown.
• Managed-care plans. The rule the state sets for its plans on this rate. What each rule means is explained below.
• % of Medicare. Shown only where the Medicaid rate uses the code's own billing unit and a Medicare amount exists: 1 state for G0239, at 1128%.
• Source and date. Each Source link opens the state's own document; “since” is the date the rate took effect.

Published rates for G0239 run from $2.81 in Kansas to $158.28 in Texas. The two publish it in different units (one time versus no unit printed), so part of that gap is the unit rather than the price. Half the states pay more than the median of $11.68 and half pay less. The usual reasons for a spread like this in other home & community services rates:

• Case management may be paid as a monthly rate, a per-contact rate or in 15-minute units.
• Home and community-based services are often paid under waivers, and each waiver can set its own rate for the same service.
• Some services are paid per 15 minutes in one state and per day or per month in another.

Timing matters too. 11 states set the current rate for G0239 in 2026 or later, while 4 states still pay a rate that took effect in 2022 or earlier. A state that has not updated its rate in years will drift down the ranking as others raise theirs.

Most Medicaid members are in managed-care plans, and plans don't publish their provider fee schedules. For G0239, the public signal is the rule each state sets for its plans, recorded on each rate above.

In 2 states, the published rate binds plans: a floor, a pass-through or a state-set rate. In 7 states, plans negotiate and the published rate is a benchmark or out-of-network default. In 1 state, the service is paid outside the plans or through a state-directed payment. The rule for the remaining 8 states is not classified yet.

• Plans negotiate; the published rate applies out of network (7 states). In-network rates can be above or below the published rate. The published rate is the benchmark both sides know, and the fallback if no contract is signed.
• Plans must pay at least the published rate (2 states). The published rate is your floor. Negotiate up from it, and if a plan pays less, the contract provision is the basis for a payment dispute.
• Paid by the state, outside the plans (1 state). Bill the state's Medicaid program, not the plan, at the published rate. There is no plan contract to negotiate for this service.

Plan-negotiated rates are never estimated here. To see the rule and its citation for a particular state, open that state's managed-care page, for example Texas managed care.

G0239 is a HCPCS Level II professional services code in the other home & community services line, billed mostly by case management agencies, adult day centers, respite providers and other home and community-based services. G codes describe professional services and procedures that have no CPT code, or that payers define more narrowly. Many are timed, so check the unit before comparing.

Units range from 15 minutes to a day or a month, so a per-unit comparison only holds when the states use the same unit.

Medicare's 2026 physician fee schedule pays $12.67–$16.14 for G0239 (non-facility), depending on the Medicare locality. That is a useful reference point, but Medicare and Medicaid can define the unit differently, so compare only where the units match.

Before billing, confirm the rate, unit and any modifier with the state's current schedule or the plan: the amounts here are as published, not a guarantee of payment.