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Hospital Consultation, Moderate Complexity

Colorado rates for HCPCS 99254

This describes a visit where one physician asks another physician, usually a specialist, to evaluate a hospitalized patient and give an opinion or recommendation on a moderately complex medical problem. The consulting physician reviews the case, examines the patient, and documents findings and recommendations back to the physician who requested the opinion.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Hospital Consultation, Moderate Complexity cost?

$182

Typical negotiated rate. In Colorado, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $182 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $186 from a physician practice, and about $132 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$186$120 to $234
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$132$115 to $204

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $132 · 10th to 90th $11 to $251Professionalmedian $186 · 10th to 90th $13 to $282
$10$20$50$100$200$500facility $132professional $186

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
$10.00
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$131.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$10.00
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$199.53
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$288.40
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$275.42
Denver HMP
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$234.42
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$309.03
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$295.12
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$97.72
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$141.25
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$338.84
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
$57.54
Median
$57.54
Typical High
$81.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$17.38
Median
$17.38
Typical High
$24.55
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$11.48
Median
$11.48
Typical High
$16.22

Where Colorado 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.

Colorado· 17th of 51

$182

AK $288AL $120

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.