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Detailed Specialist Consultation

Michigan 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 July 2026.

How much does Detailed Specialist Consultation cost?

$151

Typical negotiated rate. In Michigan, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $151 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $151 from a physician practice, and about $145 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$151$129 to $182
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$145$129 to $174

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $145 · 10th to 90th $110 to $174Professionalmedian $151 · 10th to 90th $110 to $224
$20$50$100$200$500facility $145professional $151

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$173.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$218.78
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$295.12
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$218.78
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$181.97
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$288.40
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$204.17
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$245.47
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$338.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$177.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$371.54

Where Michigan sits

The same service costs 1.5 times more in Minnesota than in West Virginia. 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.

Michigan· 41st of 51

$151

MN $219WV $141

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.