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Comprehensive Specialist Consultation Visit

Arizona rates for HCPCS 99245

This is an in-depth office visit where a specialist evaluates a patient at the request of another provider, involving a thorough review of the patient's history, a detailed examination, and complex medical decision-making. It represents the most involved level of this type of consultation, typically used for patients with complicated or multiple medical problems. A written report is usually sent back to the referring provider afterward.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Comprehensive Specialist Consultation Visit cost?

$182

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $182 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $182 from a physician practice, and about $513 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$182$155 to $224
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$513$200 to $955

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $513 · 10th to 90th $186 to $1,318Professionalmedian $182 · 10th to 90th $141 to $1,148
$200$500$1Kfacility $513professional $182

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
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$208.93
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$208.93
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$316.23
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$213.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$263.03
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$891.25
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$251.19
12 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
$83.18
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
AF · Specialist physician
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
HO · Master's level
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TD · Registered nurse
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$169.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$83.18
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$97.72
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$28.18
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.60
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$19.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AF · Specialist physician
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
HO · Master's level
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TD · Registered nurse
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 2.4 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.

Arizona· 42nd of 51

$182

AK $380AL $158

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.