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Office Consultation, Brief

California rates for HCPCS 99241

A consultation in an office or clinic, where a doctor gives an opinion or advice on a problem at the request of another provider and then reports back to them. This is the shortest of the consultation visits, used for a straightforward problem, and typically takes about fifteen minutes face to face.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Office Consultation, Brief cost?

$263

Typical physician fee. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $263 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $263 to $263.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $631 · 10th to 90th $631 to $631Professionalmedian $263 · 10th to 90th $55 to $263
$50$100$200$500facility $631professional $263

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
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$831.76
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$263.03
Optum
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$70.79
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$41.69
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$69.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$58.88
Typical High
$85.11

Where California sits

The same service costs 8.7 times more in Massachusetts 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.

California· 2nd of 50

$263

MA $263SC $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.