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Specialist Office Consultation

Maryland 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?

$87.10

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $87.10 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $72.44 to $110.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $98 · 10th to 90th $98 to $98Professionalmedian $87 · 10th to 90th $54 to $129
$100$200facility $98professional $87

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
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$128.82
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$77.62
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$147.91
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$177.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$169.82
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$117.49
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
$42.66
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$64.57
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$12.88

Where Maryland 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.

Maryland· 50th of 51

$87.10

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.