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New Patient Office Visit, Straightforward

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 99201

A first visit at an office or clinic with a clinician who has not seen you before. It covers a short, uncomplicated visit for a minor problem, with a brief history, a limited examination and simple decision-making. Longer versions of the same visit are used when the problem is more involved.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does New Patient Office Visit, Straightforward cost?

$81.28

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $81.28 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $79.43 from a physician practice, and about $155 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 3 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$79.43$58.88 to $112
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$155$120 to $257

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $155 · 10th to 90th $93 to $339Professionalmedian $79 · 10th to 90th $45 to $148
$50$100$200facility $155professional $79

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
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$151.36
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$338.84
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$144.54
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$177.83
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 7.2 times more in Kentucky than in South Carolina. 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· 29th of 47

$81.28

KY $219SC $30.20

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.