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Comprehensive Specialist Consultation Visit

Illinois 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?

$204

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $204 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $204 from a physician practice, and about $324 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$204$166 to $245
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$324$182 to $741

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $324 · 10th to 90th $158 to $1,479Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $141 to $309
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $324professional $204

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
$138.04
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$218.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$245.47
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$2,398.83
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$269.15
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$316.23
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$630.96
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$275.42
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$93.33
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$371.54
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
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$107.15
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$39.81
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$21.38
Typical High
$26.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$21.88

Where Illinois 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.

Illinois· 30th of 51

$204

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.