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Detailed Specialist Consultation

Louisiana 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?

$155

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $155 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $155 from a physician practice, and about $123 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$155$135 to $178
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$123$67.61 to $141

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $123 · 10th to 90th $43 to $178Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $115 to $195
$50$100$200$500facility $123professional $155

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
$141.25
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$83.18
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$25.12
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$16.60
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$21.38
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.13
Median
$15.85
Typical High
$17.78
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$208.93
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$331.13
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$162.18
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$245.47
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
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$190.55
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
HO · Master's level
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TD · Registered nurse
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$162.18
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 36th of 51

$155

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.