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Detailed Specialist Consultation

Tennessee 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?

$155

Typical physician fee. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $155 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $138 to $186.

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 $155 · 10th to 90th $120 to $316Professionalmedian $155 · 10th to 90th $123 to $275
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $155professional $155

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$316.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$199.53
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$223.87
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$234.42
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$223.87
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
Optum
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$194.98
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$257.04
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
$58.88
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$93.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$28.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$14.79
Typical High
$18.62

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 35th of 51

$155

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.