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Detailed Specialist Consultation

Iowa 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?

$186

Typical physician fee. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $186 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $155 to $245.

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 $251 · 10th to 90th $138 to $372Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $132 to $525
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $251professional $186

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
$117.49
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$331.13
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$489.78
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$371.54
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,122.02
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$331.13
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$407.38
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$302.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$354.81
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$223.87
3 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
$69.18
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$20.89
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$13.80
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$18.62

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 13th of 51

$186

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.