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Detailed Specialist Consultation

Utah 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?

$158

Typical negotiated rate. In Utah, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $158 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $158 from a physician practice, and about $155 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$158$138 to $182
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$155$155 to $182

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $155 · 10th to 90th $138 to $224Professionalmedian $158 · 10th to 90th $123 to $219
$100$200facility $155professional $158

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
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$194.98
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$234.42
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$169.82
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$331.13
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$223.87
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$724.44
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$501.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$223.87
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
$77.62
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$18.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$77.62
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$23.44
Median
$23.44
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$15.49
Median
$15.49
Typical High
$18.20

Where Utah 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.

Utah· 31st of 51

$158

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.