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Detailed Specialist Consultation

Kentucky 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?

$129

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $129 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $129 from a physician practice, and about $129 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$129$110 to $155
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$129$110 to $155

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $129 · 10th to 90th $98 to $174Professionalmedian $129 · 10th to 90th $98 to $186
$100$200$500facility $129professional $129

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
$97.72
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$154.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$158.49
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$213.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$144.54
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$173.78
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$190.55
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$776.25
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$134.90
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$208.93
7 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
$64.57
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$15.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$75.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.88
Median
$13.80
Typical High
$15.49
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$154.88

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 49th of 51

$129

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.