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Comprehensive Specialist Consultation Visit

Virginia 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?

$178

Typical negotiated rate. In Virginia, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $178 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $178 from a physician practice, and about $219 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$178$155 to $214
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$219$178 to $295

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $219 · 10th to 90th $151 to $513Professionalmedian $178 · 10th to 90th $135 to $275
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $219professional $178

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
$151.36
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$239.88
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$239.88
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$338.84
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$144.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$295.12
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$302.00
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$309.03
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$275.42
Typical High
$407.38
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$257.04
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$7,413.10
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$309.03
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
$89.13
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$120.23
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$35.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$17.78
Median
$19.95
Typical High
$23.99

Where Virginia 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.

Virginia· 43rd of 51

$178

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.