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Comprehensive Specialist Consultation Visit

Minnesota 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?

$251

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $251 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $257 from a physician practice, and about $195 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$257$195 to $380
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$195$166 to $229

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $195 · 10th to 90th $148 to $363Professionalmedian $257 · 10th to 90th $166 to $562
$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $195professional $257

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
$147.91
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$229.09
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$229.09
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$1,905.46
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$537.03
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$371.54
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$467.74
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$467.74
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,348.96
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$616.60
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
$97.72
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$29.51
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.50
Median
$22.91
Typical High
$22.91
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$28.84
Median
$29.51
Typical High
$34.67
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$19.05
Median
$19.50
Typical High
$22.91

Where Minnesota 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.

Minnesota· 10th of 51

$251

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.