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Phone Consultation With A Non-Physician Health Provider

Minnesota 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?

$25.12

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $25.12 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $25.12 from a physician practice, and about $19.50 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 6 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$25.12$15.85 to $36.31
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$19.50$14.13 to $33.88

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $19 · 10th to 90th $12 to $66Professionalmedian $25 · 10th to 90th $12 to $45
$10$20$50$100facility $19professional $25

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
$12.02
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$14.45
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$22.39
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$47.86
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$48.98
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$102.33
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$45.71
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$33.11
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$14.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$41.69

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 1st of 51

$25.12

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.