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Specialist Office Consultation

Arizona rates for HCPCS 99243

This service covers an office visit where a specialist reviews a patient's specific health problem at the request of another treating clinician and provides an opinion or recommendation. It involves a detailed review of the person's history and a focused examination, along with medical decision-making of low complexity. A written report is typically sent back to the requesting clinician.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Specialist Office Consultation cost?

$95.50

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $95.50 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $95.50 from a physician practice, and about $263 from a hospital or other facility.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$95.50$77.62 to $120
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$263$107 to $490

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $263 · 10th to 90th $93 to $661Professionalmedian $95 · 10th to 90th $69 to $589
$100$200$500facility $263professional $95

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
$109.65
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$109.65
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$117.49
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$169.82
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$691.83
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$112.20
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$141.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$489.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$134.90
12 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$44.67
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$16.22
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$8.91
Typical High
$10.72
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AF · Specialist physician
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
HO · Master's level
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TD · Registered nurse
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$40.74
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$52.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$15.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.13
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$10.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AF · Specialist physician
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
HO · Master's level
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TD · Registered nurse
Typical Low
$69.18
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$89.13

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 2.5 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.

Arizona· 45th of 51

$95.50

AK $204AL $83.18

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.