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Specialist Office Consultation

Illinois 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?

$105

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $105 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $105 from a physician practice, and about $129 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$105$87.10 to $129
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$129$91.20 to $347

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $129 · 10th to 90th $78 to $724Professionalmedian $105 · 10th to 90th $74 to $162
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $129professional $105

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
$70.79
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$134.90
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$107.15
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$151.36
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$169.82
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$331.13
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$147.91
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$51.29
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$194.98
6 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
$45.71
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$12.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$57.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$13.49
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$17.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.12
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$11.75

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 34th of 51

$105

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.