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Phone Consultation With A Non-Physician Health Provider

Arkansas 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?

$16.60

Typical physician fee. In Arkansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $16.60 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $13.18 to $20.42.

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 $16 · 10th to 90th $10 to $18Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $11 to $20
$10$20facility $16professional $17

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
$16.22
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$17.78
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$13.49
BCBS Arkansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$20.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$23.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$19.05

Where Arkansas 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.

Arkansas· 15th of 51

$16.60

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.