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Comprehensive Specialist Consultation Visit

Tennessee 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?

$200

Typical physician fee. In Tennessee, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $200 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $174 to $229.

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 $195 · 10th to 90th $148 to $380Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $166 to $347
$200$500$1Kfacility $195professional $200

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). 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
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$245.47
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$194.98
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$398.11
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$309.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$281.84
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,348.96
Optum
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$234.42
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$125.89
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$125.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$323.59
3 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
$74.13
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$21.88
Median
$27.54
Typical High
$33.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$14.79
Median
$18.62
Typical High
$22.91

Where Tennessee 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.

Tennessee· 32nd of 51

$200

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.