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Specialist Office Consultation

Nebraska 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?

$132

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $132 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $132 from a physician practice, and about $158 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$132$95.50 to $170
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$158$85.11 to $240

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $158 · 10th to 90th $72 to $282Professionalmedian $132 · 10th to 90th $72 to $275
$100$200$500facility $158professional $132

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
$63.10
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$107.15
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$109.65
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$165.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$275.42
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$398.11
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$741.31
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$281.84
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$281.84
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$229.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$295.12
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
$51.29
Typical High
$53.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$16.22
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$8.51
Median
$10.23
Typical High
$10.72

Where Nebraska 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.

Nebraska· 11th of 51

$132

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.