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Comprehensive Specialist Consultation Visit

Kentucky 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?

$174

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $174 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $174 from a physician practice, and about $170 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$174$148 to $200
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$170$148 to $200

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $170 · 10th to 90th $129 to $234Professionalmedian $174 · 10th to 90th $129 to $234
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $170professional $174

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
$128.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$199.53
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$199.53
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$245.47
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$186.21
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$234.42
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$1,000.00
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$173.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$257.04
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
$87.10
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$19.95
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$89.13
Typical High
$100.00
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$25.70
Median
$26.92
Typical High
$30.20
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$16.98
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$19.95

Where Kentucky 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.

Kentucky· 47th of 51

$174

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.