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Comprehensive Specialist Consultation Visit

Massachusetts 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?

$275

Typical negotiated rate. In Massachusetts, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $275 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $275 from a physician practice, and about $200 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$275$219 to $479
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$200$135 to $251

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $200 · 10th to 90th $115 to $288Professionalmedian $275 · 10th to 90th $186 to $646
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $200professional $275

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
$186.21
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$275.42
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$323.59
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$489.78
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,348.96
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$457.09
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$288.40
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$354.81
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$588.84
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$489.78
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,348.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$575.44
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$309.03
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$213.80
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
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$109.65
Typical High
$125.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$38.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.62
Median
$21.88
Typical High
$25.12
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
HO · Master's level
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
SA · Nurse practitioner
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
U6 · State-defined
Typical Low
$234.42
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19

Where Massachusetts 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.

Massachusetts· 7th of 51

$275

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.