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Specialist Office Consultation

North Carolina 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?

$182

Typical physician fee. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $182 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $132 to $229.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $117 · 10th to 90th $93 to $170Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $110 to $269
$100$200facility $117professional $182

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
$117.49
Typical High
$158.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$169.82
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$213.80
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$281.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$186.21
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$169.82
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$181.97
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$154.88
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$128.82
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$173.78
16 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
$46.77
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$17.38
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$10.72
Typical High
$11.75
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$58.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$14.45
Typical High
$17.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$9.33
Median
$9.77
Typical High
$11.75
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
24 · Unrelated visit after surgery
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$213.80
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$43.65
Median
$53.70
Typical High
$61.66
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$239.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$81.28
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$32.36
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$22.39
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$22.39
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$22.39
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$93.33

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 2nd of 51

$182

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.