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Detailed Specialist Consultation

Alaska rates for HCPCS 99244

This office visit covers a thorough consultation with a specialist, called in by another doctor to evaluate a specific problem and give an opinion or recommendation back to the referring provider. It involves a detailed history, a comprehensive examination, and decision-making of moderate complexity. A written report is typically sent back to the doctor who requested the opinion.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Detailed Specialist Consultation cost?

$166

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $166 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $162 from a physician practice, and about $219 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$162$129 to $224
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$219$174 to $288

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $219 · 10th to 90th $138 to $389Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $105 to $427
$20$50$100$200$500facility $219professional $162

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$257.04
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$512.86
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$389.05
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$776.25
Premera BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$3,467.37
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$389.05
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$158.49
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$562.34

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 1.5 times more in Minnesota than in West Virginia. 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.

Alaska· 15th of 51

$166

MN $219WV $141

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.