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Phone Consultation With A Non-Physician Health Provider

Alaska rates for HCPCS 98966

This service covers a phone conversation between a patient and a qualified healthcare professional who is not a physician, to discuss a health concern for an existing patient. The call involves real medical discussion rather than simply scheduling or administrative matters, and covers a shorter portion of time.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Phone Consultation With A Non-Physician Health Provider cost?

$17.38

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.38 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $17.38 from a physician practice, and about $18.20 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$17.38$12.59 to $36.31
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$18.20$14.13 to $25.12

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $18 · 10th to 90th $12 to $32Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $11 to $52
$10$20$50$100facility $18professional $17

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$23.99
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$42.66
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$31.62
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$38.90
Typical High
$70.79
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$3,467.37
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$64.57
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$31.62
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$60.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$72.44

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 2.0 times more in Minnesota than in Washington, DC. 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.

Alaska· 6th of 51

$17.38

MN $25.12DC $12.59

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.