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Office Consultation, Brief

Washington 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?

$45.71

Typical negotiated rate. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $45.71 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $45.71 from a physician practice, and about $45.71 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 4 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$45.71$37.15 to $64.57
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$45.71$37.15 to $64.57

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $46 · 10th to 90th $29 to $78Professionalmedian $46 · 10th to 90th $29 to $72
$50$100facility $46professional $46

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
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$45.71
Typical High
$75.86
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$72.44
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$85.11
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$93.33
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$141.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$79.43

Where Washington 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.

Washington· 43rd of 50

$45.71

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.