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Comprehensive Specialist Consultation Visit

Iowa 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?

$245

Typical physician fee. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $245 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $204 to $295.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $339 · 10th to 90th $182 to $457Professionalmedian $245 · 10th to 90th $178 to $741
$200$500$1Kfacility $339professional $245

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
$154.88
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$239.88
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$426.58
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$295.12
Typical High
$776.25
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$457.09
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$1,348.96
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$426.58
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$524.81
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$371.54
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$436.52
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$288.40
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
$93.33
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$28.18
Median
$30.90
Typical High
$36.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$23.99

Where Iowa 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.

Iowa· 13th of 51

$245

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.