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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 October 2026.

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

$19.95

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $19.95 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $19.95 from a physician practice, and about $20.42 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$19.95$14.45 to $25.70
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$20.42$11.22 to $30.90

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $20 · 10th to 90th $9 to $54Professionalmedian $20 · 10th to 90th $11 to $32
$10$20$50$100$200facility $20professional $20

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
$11.22
Typical High
$12.59
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$13.18
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$53.70
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$22.39
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$33.11
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.23
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$79.43
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$199.53
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$34.67
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$34.67
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.47
Median
$12.02
Typical High
$12.88
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$8.32
Median
$8.32
Typical High
$9.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$33.88

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 7th of 51

$19.95

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.