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Comprehensive Specialist Consultation Visit

Idaho 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?

$295

Typical negotiated rate. In Idaho, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $295 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $295 from a physician practice, and about $316 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$295$240 to $331
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$316$263 to $380

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $316 · 10th to 90th $204 to $437Professionalmedian $295 · 10th to 90th $204 to $380
$50$100$200$500facility $316professional $295

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
$263.03
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$302.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$309.03
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$151.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$45.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$30.20
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$501.19
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$407.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$346.74
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$323.59
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$346.74
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$151.36
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$45.71
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$20.42
Median
$26.30
Typical High
$30.20
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$30.20
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$323.59
Typical High
$380.19
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$338.84
Typical High
$380.19
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$33.88
Median
$33.88
Typical High
$39.81
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$501.19
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$204.17
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$281.84
Typical High
$758.58
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$346.74
6 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
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$275.42
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$588.84
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$239.88
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$275.42
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$245.47
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
66 · Surgical team
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$177.83
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$295.12

Where Idaho 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.

Idaho· 4th of 51

$295

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.