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Detailed Specialist Consultation

Minnesota 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?

$200

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $200 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $200 from a physician practice, and about $148 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$200$148 to $288
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$148$126 to $178

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $148 · 10th to 90th $110 to $282Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $126 to $447
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $148professional $200

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
$109.65
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$1,513.56
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$323.59
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$288.40
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$389.05
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$380.19
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,122.02
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$645.65
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$501.19
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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$17.78
Typical High
$17.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$26.92
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$17.78

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 11th of 51

$200

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.