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Phone Consultation With A Non-Physician Health Provider

Alabama 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?

$13.80

Typical physician fee. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.80 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $12.02 to $16.22.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $10 · 10th to 90th $8 to $10Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $10 to $17
$10$20facility $10professional $14

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$16.60
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.23
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
10 + 12 + 32 · Mandated service
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$19.05
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$14.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$16.60

Where Alabama 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.

Alabama· 30th of 51

$13.80

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.