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Office Consultation, Brief

Iowa 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?

$204

Typical physician fee. In Iowa, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $204 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $145 to $257.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $89 · 10th to 90th $46 to $631Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $78 to $257
$50$100$200$500facility $89professional $257

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. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$630.96
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$257.04
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$77.62
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$45.71
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$54.95
Typical High
$85.11

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 13th of 50

$204

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.