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Detailed Specialist Consultation

Montana 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?

$214

Typical negotiated rate. In Montana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $214 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $214 from a physician practice, and about $263 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$214$178 to $251
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$263$229 to $275

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $263 · 10th to 90th $229 to $302Professionalmedian $214 · 10th to 90th $141 to $282
$100$200facility $263professional $214

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$302.00
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$251.19
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$302.00
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$295.12
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$302.00
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$275.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$323.59
3 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
$51.29
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$23.99
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.75
Median
$16.22
Typical High
$25.12

Where Montana 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.

Montana· 7th of 51

$214

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.