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Phone Consultation With A Non-Physician Health Provider

Idaho 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?

$18.20

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $18.20 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $18.20 from a physician practice, and about $19.50 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$18.20$15.85 to $21.88
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.50$16.22 to $24.55

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $13 to $30Professionalmedian $18 · 10th to 90th $14 to $26
$10$20facility $19professional $18

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
$14.13
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$18.20
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$30.90
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$30.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$21.88
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$25.70
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.85
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$23.99
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$24.55
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$25.12
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$30.90
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$15.14
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$23.99
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.49
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$21.88
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$22.39
4 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$21.38
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.33
Typical High
$10.47
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$1.32
Median
$1.32
Typical High
$1.51
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$10.00
Typical High
$11.22

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 10th of 51

$18.20

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.