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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 October 2026.

How much does Phone Consultation With A Non-Physician Health Provider cost?

$21.88

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $21.88 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $21.88 from a physician practice, and about $14.79 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$21.88$15.49 to $31.62
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$14.79$12.88 to $37.15

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $15 · 10th to 90th $13 to $72Professionalmedian $22 · 10th to 90th $13 to $39
$10$20$50$100$200facility $15professional $22

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
$12.88
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$14.79
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$125.89
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$34.67
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$131.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$42.66
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$102.33
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$38.02
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$30.90
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$199.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$11.48
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$41.69

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 4th of 51

$21.88

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.