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Detailed Specialist Consultation

Arizona 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 October 2026.

How much does Detailed Specialist Consultation cost?

$145

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $145 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $145 from a physician practice, and about $417 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$145$117 to $178
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$417$162 to $759

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $417 · 10th to 90th $141 to $1,047Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $105 to $933
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $417professional $145

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
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$169.82
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$218.78
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$1,096.48
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$169.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$208.93
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$724.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$204.17
12 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
$61.66
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$15.14
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AF · Specialist physician
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
HO · Master's level
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TD · Registered nurse
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$128.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$61.66
Median
$72.44
Typical High
$74.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$22.39
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.30
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$14.79
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AF · Specialist physician
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
HO · Master's level
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TD · Registered nurse
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 2.3 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.

Arizona· 41st of 51

$145

AK $288AL $123

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.