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Detailed Specialist Consultation

North Carolina 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?

$282

Typical physician fee. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $282 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $195 to $339.

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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $174 · 10th to 90th $148 to $204Professionalmedian $282 · 10th to 90th $155 to $407
$200$500facility $174professional $282

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
$169.82
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$199.53
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$323.59
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$288.40
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$239.88
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$251.19
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$223.87
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$257.04
18 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
$85.11
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$25.70
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$16.98
Typical High
$17.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$87.10
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$17.38
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
24 · Unrelated visit after surgery
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$213.80
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$323.59
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
57 · Decision for surgery
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$323.59
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
KX · Policy requirements met
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$81.28
Typical High
$89.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$338.84
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$112.20
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$44.67
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$31.62
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$31.62
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$19.95
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$31.62
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$131.83

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 2nd of 51

$282

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.