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Phone Consultation With A Non-Physician Health Provider

Nebraska 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?

$14.13

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $14.13 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $13.80 from a physician practice, and about $16.98 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 8 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$13.80$12.02 to $18.20
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$16.98$12.88 to $21.38

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $17 · 10th to 90th $11 to $28Professionalmedian $14 · 10th to 90th $11 to $27
$10$20$50$100facility $17professional $14

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
$10.72
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$12.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.72
Median
$12.88
Typical High
$21.88
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.13
Typical High
$10.72
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$53.70
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$53.70
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$25.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$35.48
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$27.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$199.53
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$32.36
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$30.20
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$14.13
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$35.48

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 21st of 51

$14.13

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.