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Specialist Office Consultation

Connecticut 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?

$115

Typical physician fee. In Connecticut, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $115 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $91.20 to $145.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $155 · 10th to 90th $115 to $200Professionalmedian $115 · 10th to 90th $78 to $162
$100$200facility $155professional $115

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$147.91
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$158.49
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$190.55
ConnectiCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$181.97
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$194.98
3 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
$44.67
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$14.79

Where Connecticut 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.

Connecticut· 24th of 51

$115

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.