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Comprehensive Specialist Consultation Visit

North Carolina 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?

$355

Typical physician fee. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $355 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $251 to $427.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $214 · 10th to 90th $182 to $269Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $200 to $501
$200$500facility $214professional $355

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
$181.97
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$257.04
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$338.84
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$380.19
Typical High
$512.86
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$354.81
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$398.11
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$309.03
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$288.40
Oscar Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$323.59
15 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
$91.20
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$31.62
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$20.89
Typical High
$21.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$107.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$27.54
Median
$28.84
Typical High
$31.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$19.05
Typical High
$21.38
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
25 · Same-day visit
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$389.05
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$114.82
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
50 · Both sides
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$371.54
Typical High
$436.52
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$95.50
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$144.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$57.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$40.74
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$40.74
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$40.74
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$173.78

Where North Carolina 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.

North Carolina· 2nd of 51

$355

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.