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Phone Consultation With A Non-Physician Health Provider

Iowa 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?

$15.49

Typical negotiated rate. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.49 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $15.49 from a physician practice, and about $16.60 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 8 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$15.49$12.88 to $21.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16.60$13.49 to $23.99

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $12 to $29Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $11 to $51
$10$20$50$100facility $17professional $15

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$56.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$34.67
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$42.66
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$28.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$199.53
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$33.11
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$36.31
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$18.62
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$19.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$34.67
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$23.44

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 12th of 51

$15.49

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.