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Phone Consultation With A Non-Physician Health Provider

Kentucky 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?

$13.18

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $13.18 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.18 from a physician practice, and about $13.18 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$13.18$12.02 to $15.85
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$13.18$11.75 to $15.14

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $11 to $18Professionalmedian $13 · 10th to 90th $11 to $19
$10$20$50facility $13professional $13

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
$11.48
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$15.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$13.18
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$11.22
Typical High
$11.22
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$17.38
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$15.49
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$17.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$66.07
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$18.20
1 more rate 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
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
GA · Liability notice issued
Typical Low
$13.18
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$13.18

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 39th of 51

$13.18

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.