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Detailed Specialist Consultation

West 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 July 2026.

How much does Detailed Specialist Consultation cost?

$141

Typical negotiated rate. In West Virginia, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $141 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $141 from a physician practice, and about $138 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$141$117 to $166
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$138$17.38 to $155

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $138 · 10th to 90th $15 to $186Professionalmedian $141 · 10th to 90th $98 to $195
$20$50$100$200facility $138professional $141

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$186.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$190.55
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$169.82
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$218.78
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$776.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$213.80
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$281.84

Where West Virginia sits

The same service costs 1.5 times more in Minnesota than in West Virginia. 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.

West Virginia· 51st of 51

$141

MN $219WV $141

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.