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Detailed Specialist Consultation

Florida 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?

$138

Typical negotiated rate. In Florida, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $138 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $138 from a physician practice, and about $138 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$138$117 to $166
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$138$129 to $170

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $138 · 10th to 90th $115 to $191Professionalmedian $138 · 10th to 90th $105 to $195
$50$100$200facility $138professional $138

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
$114.82
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$10.96
Median
$13.18
Typical High
$15.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$66.07
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$23.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$13.49
Typical High
$15.49
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$239.88
AvMed
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$204.17
Florida Blue
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$190.55
Florida Blue
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$194.98
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$346.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$213.80
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
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
Facility
Modifier
AF · Specialist physician
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
HO · Master's level
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TD · Registered nurse
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$165.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$281.84

Where Florida 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.

Florida· 45th of 51

$138

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.