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Comprehensive Specialist Consultation Visit

Louisiana 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?

$191

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $191 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $191 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$191$174 to $214
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$214$77.62 to $251

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $214 · 10th to 90th $48 to $251Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $151 to $240
$50$100$200$500facility $214professional $191

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
$177.83
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$20.42
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$87.10
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$32.36
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$21.38
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$407.38
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$30.90
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$416.87
BCBS Louisiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$213.80
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$251.19
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$302.00
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
Facility
Modifier
AF · Specialist physician
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$234.42
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
HO · Master's level
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$177.83
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
TD · Registered nurse
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$199.53
Christus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 38th of 51

$191

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.