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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 October 2026.

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

$30.90

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $30.90 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $30.90 from a physician practice, and about $35.48 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$30.90$26.30 to $45.71
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$35.48$26.92 to $41.69

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $35 · 10th to 90th $21 to $65Professionalmedian $31 · 10th to 90th $14 to $52
$10$20$50$100facility $35professional $31

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
$26.30
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$29.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$29.51
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$44.67
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$41.69
Typical High
$64.57
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$50.12
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$14.45
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$52.48
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$38.02
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$58.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$56.23

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 3.2 times more in Alaska than in New York. 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· 1st of 51

$30.90

AK $30.90NY $9.77

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.