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Detailed Specialist Consultation

Colorado 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?

$162

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $162 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $162 from a physician practice, and about $166 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$162$112 to $209
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$166$120 to $219

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $166 · 10th to 90th $13 to $269Professionalmedian $162 · 10th to 90th $13 to $251
$10$20$50$100$200facility $166professional $162

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
$11.22
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$281.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$9.77
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$173.78
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$263.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$275.42
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$263.03
Denver HMP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$302.00
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$346.74
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$218.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$295.12
4 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
$56.23
Median
$67.61
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.22
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$16.22
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
HO · Master's level
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$158.49

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 27th of 51

$162

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.