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Comprehensive Specialist Consultation Visit

Maryland 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 July 2026.

How much does Comprehensive Specialist Consultation Visit cost?

$191

Typical negotiated rate. In Maryland, July 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 $174 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$191$158 to $229
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$174$151 to $204

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $174 · 10th to 90th $132 to $245Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $132 to $302
$20$50$100$200$500facility $174professional $191

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$288.40
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$186.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$758.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$234.42
Typical High
$354.81
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$331.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$218.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$389.05
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$309.03

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 1.5 times more in Minnesota than in West Virginia. 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.

Maryland· 38th of 51

$191

MN $275WV $178

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.