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Specialist Office Consultation

Massachusetts 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?

$155

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $155 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $155 from a physician practice, and about $100 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$155$123 to $245
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$100$70.79 to $126

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $100 · 10th to 90th $58 to $145Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $93 to $347
$50$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $100professional $155

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
$93.33
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$181.97
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$239.88
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$741.31
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$295.12
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$251.19
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$141.25
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$190.55
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$309.03
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$239.88
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$302.00
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$151.36
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$120.23
8 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
$46.77
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$69.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$20.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$11.75
Typical High
$13.80
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$147.91
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
HO · Master's level
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
SA · Nurse practitioner
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
U6 · State-defined
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$138.04
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$147.91

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 5th of 51

$155

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.