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Detailed Specialist Consultation

Virginia 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?

$145

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $145 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $145 from a physician practice, and about $174 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$145$123 to $170
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$174$138 to $234

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $174 · 10th to 90th $123 to $501Professionalmedian $145 · 10th to 90th $107 to $219
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $174professional $145

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
$112.20
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$181.97
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$186.21
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$275.42
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$107.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$234.42
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$234.42
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$239.88
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$331.13
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$128.82
Typical High
$199.53
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$7,413.10
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$269.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$245.47
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
$72.44
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$91.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$22.39
Typical High
$27.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.45
Median
$15.14
Typical High
$18.20

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 42nd of 51

$145

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.