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Specialist Office Consultation

Colorado 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?

$107

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $107 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $107 from a physician practice, and about $115 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$107$72.44 to $138
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$115$85.11 to $148

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $115 · 10th to 90th $11 to $178Professionalmedian $107 · 10th to 90th $8 to $166
$10$20$50$100$200facility $115professional $107

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
$7.24
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$104.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6.46
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$120.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$173.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$181.97
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$177.83
Denver HMP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$204.17
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$245.47
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$141.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$190.55
4 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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$54.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$14.13
Typical High
$16.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$7.24
Median
$9.55
Typical High
$10.96
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
HO · Master's level
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$109.65

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 29th of 51

$107

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.