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Phone Consultation With A Non-Physician Health Provider

North Carolina 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?

$15.14

Typical physician fee. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $15.14 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $12.59 to $32.36.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $13 · 10th to 90th $11 to $15Professionalmedian $15 · 10th to 90th $10 to $40
$10$20$50facility $13professional $15

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$12.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$13.80
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$11.22
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$26.92
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$25.70
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$15.49
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$15.14
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$20.42
5 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
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$5.13
Median
$7.08
Typical High
$7.59
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$2.04
Median
$2.88
Typical High
$3.09
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$1.45
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$2.14
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$1.45
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$2.14
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$1.45
Median
$2.00
Typical High
$2.14

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 24th of 51

$15.14

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.