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Outpatient Specialist Consultation Visit

Idaho rates for HCPCS 99242

In this type of visit, a doctor requests the opinion or advice of another physician or qualified health professional about a specific problem with a patient's care. The consulting clinician evaluates the patient and sends a written report back to the requesting doctor. This particular level involves a relatively limited amount of history-taking, examination, and decision-making compared to higher levels of the same type of visit.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Outpatient Specialist Consultation Visit cost?

$97.72

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $97.72 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $95.50 from a physician practice, and about $107 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 8 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$95.50$66.07 to $123
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$107$79.43 to $135

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $107 · 10th to 90th $62 to $174Professionalmedian $95 · 10th to 90th $51 to $151
$10$20$50$100$200facility $107professional $95

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
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$151.36
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$120.23
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$151.36
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$173.78
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$165.96
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$138.04
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$120.23
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$72.44
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$380.19
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$158.49

Where Idaho sits

The same service costs 1.7 times more in Minnesota than in West Virginia. 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.

Idaho· 6th of 51

$97.72

MN $115WV $66.07

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.