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Detailed Specialist Consultation

South Dakota 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?

$191

Typical physician fee. In South Dakota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $191 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $151 to $251.

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 $251 · 10th to 90th $138 to $302Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $126 to $355
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $251professional $191

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
$138.04
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$177.83
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$281.84
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$302.00
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$1,122.02
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$331.13
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$331.13
Sanford Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$309.03
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$338.84
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$229.09
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
$74.13
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$89.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$22.91
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 South Dakota 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.

South Dakota· 12th of 51

$191

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.