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Home Visit, New Patient, Complex

California rates for HCPCS 99344

A clinician's first visit to a patient at home, covering a full history, a thorough examination, and a treatment plan built from scratch for someone not previously seen by the practice. It applies where the problems are complex and demand careful assessment and decision-making. Home visits serve people for whom traveling to an office is difficult or unsafe.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Home Visit, New Patient, Complex cost?

$170

Typical negotiated rate. In California, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $170 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $170 from a physician practice, and about $200 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 12 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$170$148 to $200
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$200$151 to $1,096

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $200 · 10th to 90th $117 to $1,096Professionalmedian $170 · 10th to 90th $117 to $234
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $200professional $170

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$234.42
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$120.23
Typical High
$120.23
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$165.96
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$398.11
Blue Shield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$295.12
Contra Costa Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$169.82
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$213.80
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$213.80
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$239.88
Sutter Health Plus
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$478.63
The Alliance
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$77.62
Median
$95.50
Typical High
$190.55
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$104.71
Typical High
$186.21
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$457.09

Where California sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in Montana than in Mississippi. 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.

California· 15th of 51

$170

MT $245MS $105

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.