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Comprehensive Specialist Consultation Visit

Colorado 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?

$209

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $209 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $209 from a physician practice, and about $214 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$209$141 to $257
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$214$148 to $275

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $214 · 10th to 90th $17 to $347Professionalmedian $209 · 10th to 90th $17 to $316
$20$50$100$200$500facility $214professional $209

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
$14.79
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$346.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$213.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$354.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$338.84
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$323.59
Denver HMP
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$398.11
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$446.68
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$363.08
4 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
$74.13
Median
$87.10
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$22.39
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$20.42
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
HO · Master's level
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$204.17

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 25th of 51

$209

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.