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Detailed Specialist Consultation

Massachusetts 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?

$229

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $229 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $229 from a physician practice, and about $151 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$229$182 to $372
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$151$102 to $191

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $151 · 10th to 90th $87 to $219Professionalmedian $229 · 10th to 90th $148 to $501
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $151professional $229

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
$147.91
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$269.15
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$371.54
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,122.02
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$457.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$354.81
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$218.78
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$269.15
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$446.68
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$371.54
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$316.23
Typical High
$1,122.02
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$446.68
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$234.42
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$177.83
6 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
$74.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$30.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$20.42
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
HO · Master's level
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
SA · Nurse practitioner
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
U6 · State-defined
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 4th of 51

$229

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.