go back

Hospital Consultation, Lower Complexity

Alaska rates for HCPCS 99252

A specialist's opinion on a hospital patient, requested by the doctor already caring for them. The consultant takes a history, examines the patient, reviews the records, and writes back with advice. This is one of the shorter consultations of its kind, for a problem that is fairly limited in complexity.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Hospital Consultation, Lower Complexity cost?

$148

Typical negotiated rate. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $148 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $148 from a physician practice, and about $145 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 5 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$148$70.79 to $178
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$145$107 to $200

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $145 · 10th to 90th $81 to $251Professionalmedian $148 · 10th to 90th $7 to $224
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $145professional $148

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
$165.96
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$223.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5.89
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$199.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$67.61
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$263.03
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$251.19
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$354.81
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$81.28
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$251.19
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$245.47
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$72.44
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$263.03

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in South Dakota than in Washington, DC. 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.

Alaska· 2nd of 51

$148

SD $158DC $67.61

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.