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Further Extended Time During An Outpatient Visit

Minnesota rates for HCPCS 99355

Each further block of face-to-face time a clinician spends with a patient during an office or outpatient visit, after an initial extended block has already been used. It applies when a complicated problem keeps the clinician with the patient well beyond a normal appointment. It is charged in addition to the visit and the first extended block.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Further Extended Time During An Outpatient Visit cost?

$214

Typical negotiated rate. In Minnesota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $214 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $204 from a physician practice, and about $316 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 4 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$204$162 to $269
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$316$245 to $537

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $316 · 10th to 90th $200 to $692Professionalmedian $204 · 10th to 90th $135 to $331
$100$200$500facility $316professional $204

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
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$288.40
Typical High
$870.96
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$338.84
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$354.81
Typical High
$691.83
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$302.00
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$199.53
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$524.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$199.53

Where Minnesota sits

The same service costs 18.2 times more in North Carolina than in South Carolina. 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.

Minnesota· 24th of 50

$214

NC $550SC $30.20

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.