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Office Visit, New Patient (Moderate Complexity)

Iowa rates for HCPCS 99204

An initial appointment with a doctor or provider the patient has not seen before, involving a moderate level of medical decision-making, such as reviewing several health concerns or evaluating a condition that needs a closer look. First visits like this typically involve more time than a follow-up because the provider is building a full picture of the patient's health history for the first time. It reflects a meaningful step up in complexity from the most basic new-patient visit.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Office Visit, New Patient (Moderate Complexity) cost?

$204

Typical physician fee. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $204 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $148 to $269.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $224 · 10th to 90th $117 to $316Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $117 to $372
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $224professional $204

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
$112.20
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$295.12
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$302.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$354.81
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$331.13
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$1,047.13
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$288.40
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$380.19
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$302.00
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$245.47
4 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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$63.10
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$12.59
Typical High
$14.79
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$512.86

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in Alaska than in Alabama. 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.

Iowa· 11th of 51

$204

AK $263AL $115

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.