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Detailed Specialist Consultation

Georgia 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?

$158

Typical physician fee. In Georgia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $158 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $135 to $209.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $145 · 10th to 90th $120 to $170Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $126 to $309
$200$500facility $145professional $158

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
$120.23
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$331.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$309.03
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$257.04
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$346.74
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$331.13
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$323.59
8 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
$63.10
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$63.10
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$25.70
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.59
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$17.38
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$288.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
EP · Child screening program
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$181.97

Where Georgia 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.

Georgia· 29th of 51

$158

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.