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Phone Consultation With A Non-Physician Health Provider

Arizona 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?

$12.30

Typical physician fee. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $12.30 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $11.22 to $13.49.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $87 · 10th to 90th $12 to $214Professionalmedian $12 · 10th to 90th $10 to $30
$10$20$50$100$200facility $87professional $12

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$14.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$19.95
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$223.87
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.91
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$14.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$17.78
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$138.04
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$15.49

Where Arizona 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.

Arizona· 47th of 51

$12.30

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.