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Phone Consultation With A Non-Physician Health Provider

Kansas 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?

$17.78

Typical negotiated rate. In Kansas, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $17.78 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $17.38 from a physician practice, and about $21.38 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$17.38$14.45 to $20.89
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$21.38$21.38 to $22.39

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $21 · 10th to 90th $19 to $22Professionalmedian $17 · 10th to 90th $13 to $200
$10$20$50$100$200facility $21professional $17

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$28.84
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
BCBS Kansas
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$19.95
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$22.91
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$25.70
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$10.23
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$20.42

Where Kansas 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.

Kansas· 13th of 51

$17.78

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.